"Your Highness...... Great work! …… Have a seat! "Originally, I was going to put on a show, and I deliberately put on a beautiful new armor for this purpose, but I don't know how the first sentence turned into comfort when it came to my mouth, probably because the person in front of me was so pitiful.

"Thank you for your care!" An important member of the Yamana clan, Inaba Toyokuni, the guardian of Yamana, stood in front of me at this moment, trembling and thanking me. Although he is also dressed beautifully and holds gold Peiyu, he still can't hide his humility from the depths of his soul.

Toyokuni Yamana was the younger brother of the previous lord Toyosu, and succeeded him as the governor of the family after his brother died in the rebellion of the retainer Takeda Takanobu. Ever since he became the hapless "lord", he has not decided anything on his own terms, including what to eat for breakfast and which wife to sleep with at night.

From the day I eliminated the Tajima Yama clan, Yamana Toyokuni began to tremble day and night. In terms of his original intentions, he did not dare to be hostile to the Oda family or offend the Maori family, and it was best that both sides could let him go. He is willing to hand over most of the revenue of the territory to these two families separately, as long as he can still be this "empty guardian", but how is this possible?

After weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, he felt that it was better to invest in the Oda family! First, the Oda family looks much stronger than the Maori family; second, the brutal repression of the rebellion against Oda was even more frightening; Third, Oda Nobunaga controlled and the imperial court, and even if it was not good, he would be stuffed into Kyoto as an idle position. But his countrymen, who were born and raised in the western land, didn't think so, and he was scolded when he first raised this opinion a few years ago. "Let's go and serve Oda Nobunaga, the nouveau riche of the East? Hum! Yamana said angrily.

After Tottori Castle was besieged, Toyokuni Yamana couldn't bear it anymore and sent people out of the city quietly to surrender alone. This is a life-threatening time, and I can't die so easily! The messenger was captured before he could leave the castle tower, and Toyokuni Yamana was dragged from his throne by angry ministers. Finally, the love of incense was not killed, but the governor didn't do it!

With only a dozen dependents and two dozen retainers coaxed out of Tottori Castle, Yamana Toyokuni entered my camp as soon as possible. Unlike most people who have just been overthrown, the first request I made to Toyokuni Yamana was not to help him regain power, but to ...... Send him to Kyoto and leave this land of right and wrong!

"His Royal Highness Yamana doesn't need to be too anxious, since he is safe here...... I comforted Yamana Toyokuni's agitated emotions, and after talking for a long time, I haven't asked anything useful from his mouth!" Your Highness doesn't need to be anxious, I will immediately write to the right general to affirm His Highness's previous involuntary suffering. Before that, please also ask His Royal Highness to temporarily go to Tamba Turtle Mountain Castle to recuperate, I believe that the right general will soon have an edict! ”

"Oh...... In this way, please ask His Royal Highness Zhuxing Yuzhou! Toyokuni Yamana seems to have just remembered at this time that there is a murderous Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto, which seems to be peaceful!

"May I ask His Highness Yamana, I wonder what those rebel ministers in Tottori Castle are doing at this moment? What tricks does the Yoshikawa family have? I asked patiently.

"This ...... The ...... "This, that, didn't say a reason for a long time, and Yamana Toyokoku's face turned from red to purple and from purple to white. Probably unable to stand the condemning eyes of me and the generals on both sides, his gaze wandered for a long time and finally looked behind him.

"Honoring the stars to His Royal Highness, can you allow the foreign minister to report?" A burly samurai in his forties came out from behind Toyokuni Yamana and relieved his master. His name is Kobayashi Mitsuki, and he is the only retainer who follows Yamana Toyokuni to run for some rank. The Kobayashi clan was also a long-established lineage minister of the Yamana family, and had invaded Kyoto with the main family as early as the Meitoku Rebellion.

"Your Excellency, please speak!" I nodded to him kindly, and this unwavering loyalty alone deserved respect.

"Thank you, Your Highness! At present, they are rebellious, and they have established Yamana Toyohiro as a false master, but the important military affairs of the Yamasha family are in the hands of Morishita Michiwa and Nakamura Haruji...... "After getting my permission, Kobayashi Manxi told the story, although it was not exciting, it was still clear. I turned my head to look to the side, and there were two samurai who were serving as scribes who were working hard to take notes. “…… At present, although the strategic issue is decided by the traitors and the Maori thieves party, it is actually decided by the three of them, and it is indeed the Yoshikawa family alone! He finished.

"So you don't have a strategy to quickly capture Tottori and pacify the rebels?" I didn't find the shortcut to the end of the country that I desperately hoped for.

"His Royal Highness Yuzhou forgives his sins, there is really no good way for the foreign ministers......" Kobayashi Manxi said with a face full of shame, maybe he himself was ashamed at the moment that he could not assist Yamana Toyokuni to restore the throne as soon as possible.

"Adults don't have to be like this......" I sighed secretly, but after all, there is a specialization in the art industry, and I have never heard of such a number one among the famous generals before. Let's ask His Highness Yamana to go and rest first! I will arrange for His Highness to leave this place as soon as possible and inform Tamba Kameyama Castle, if you have any other requests, please feel free to ask! "I sent him down.

"It seems that this guy is useless, and it will be up to us to break through Tottori Castle!" As soon as Yamana Toyokuni and his party went out, Ke'er Caizang snorted heavily with his nose and said. In order to receive Toyokuni Yamana and to discuss strategy, I summoned all the major generals back.

"I can't say that at all...... "The Gamo clan obviously has a different opinion, and he and wise generals like Hanbei Takenaka are usually not limited to using force to achieve victory." After all, the Yamana clan was the lord who ruled the area for hundreds of years, and was one of the four positions of the Muromachi shogunate, and it was a vast influence in San'in, including many of the territories that are now the Mori family. Although the Yamana family has now fallen and may not be worth much money among the wealthy clans and samurai, it is ...... for the ignorant common people The ratio of peasants and soldiers here is quite high! ”

"That's a good idea!" I reached out and stroked the helmet tassel on several cases, thinking about what to do with the "signboard". "Clan, you immediately draft a proclamation in the name of Yamana Toyokuni, and make it clear that Maori instigated Yamana retainers to commit rebellion this time. Arrange for a large number of people to transcribe and affix his private seal, and I will have this proclamation all over the western country within three days! By the way, don't forget to send ninjas to post a few more photos inside Tottori Castle! ”

"Yes!" Gamo clan and Kato Duanzo agreed together.

"Tell me, what do you think about the capture of Tottori?" My gaze swept over the faces of the generals in turn, and I continued to exercise democracy.

"I think we still have to start the siege as soon as possible, and we can't expect the Yoshikawa family to open the door by themselves, right?" Ke'er Caizang waved his fist and brought a sound of nail leaves, and he has always had a unique hobby for such "lively" things as fighting. "At present, the enemy army in the city has made some preparations, and the fortifications of the defense are not impregnable, but please think about it: the Yamana family has just suffered this great change, and the Maori army is an outsider, and it is the time when people are panicking! If our slowness gives them a respite, how much more will it take for them to rekindle their faith that they can hold on? How many more brothers will die? ”

"I have a different opinion on this issue......" Shimakatsu nodded apologetically at him, but his tone was very firm, and this kind of issue cannot be compromised for the sake of face or personal relationships. Now more than half of the Maori troops in Tottori Castle have been killed, and even the other half is not so easy to convince! You must know that we were not in a hurry to besiege the city some time ago, and the psychological offensive planned by Lord Takenaka was also carried out very thoroughly, and those who were not determined had already run out, so would they wait until now? Besides, since they are so unanimously determined to depose Yamana Toyokoku, it means that they don't want to leave any room for compromise with us at all! ”

"Hmm......" Takenaka Hanbei nodded repeatedly, obviously Shimakatsu's opinion was extremely close to his. So how do you think you can break the will of the enemy? He asked.

"I think the best way is to besiege the city, the grain and grass in the city will always run out!" Shima Katsu was originally happy to fight in the field, but I heard that some time ago he tried everything to fight but couldn't get it. “…… From my observation some time ago, most of the samurai who stayed in the city did not send their families out. The reason for this situation is that they think: even if the city is broken and killed, our army will not massacre the city! This is a large part of the population, and it is bound to consume a large amount of food. As long as we besiege the city for a long time and lack food rations, those who remain in the city will worry about the safety of their families, even if they are not afraid of death. At that time, whether the siege or siege continued, the certainty would be much greater, and there would inevitably be differences of opinion within the enemy army, after all, the Maori army did not bring their families! ”

"That's a way to do it......" I nodded with a few people in the tent, in fact, although it was said by Shimakatsu Takeshi, Takenaka Hanbei should have the same idea. Occasionally, I looked up and saw Keiji Maeda looking at me with a smile.

I understood what he meant, or the one I had just been too gracious to me. It's just that there were few people just now, and he could say it directly, but now there are dozens of people in the account who can't say it so directly! Hanbei Takenaka is realistic; Koer Caizo and most of the traditional ideas of the samurai and Maeda Keiji are one view; Only an idealist like Shimakatsu thinks I'm blameless, but I think there is a great deal of blindness in this kind of person.

Standing up and walking outside the tent gate, the westerly sun had already draped Tottori Castle and the surrounding mountains in gold. "Before it gets dark, let's go to the nearby mountains!" I went out first, and the generals in the tent followed one after another.