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The Ukita Naoya bowed respectfully below, "Your Highness Mori, I hope you can help the family become independent from the Urakami family!" And the family is willing to become a vassal daimyo of the Maori family! ”

Ukita Naoya didn't mean to be tempted, but directly said his intention. Because he knows that in the face of the wise generals recognized by the West or even the whole world, no matter how many tricks he plays, it will only increase the laughing stock in vain.

"Hehe, Ukita-sama is really fast-talking, and at the same time a really smart person~" Mao Liyuan chuckled when he heard this. It can be seen that Mori Moto is very satisfied with the attitude of the Ukita Naoya and the things shown. As Ukita Naoya thought, if he came up and made all kinds of temptations to try to get more benefits for himself, it would only cause Maori Moto's displeasure.

After all, for smart people, if the Maori family really wants to reach an agreement with the Uki family, then what the two families need is actually obvious. In this case, if the Ukita Naoya still plays routines, it will be too stupid. And if that's the case, I'm afraid Mori Moto may not agree to the request of the Ukita Naoya. Because if that's the case, Mori Yuan might as well go to the idea of fighting the Urakami family, and the status of the Urakami family in Bizen at this time is getting lower and lower, and it must be better controlled than the Uki family.

"So, how should the grievances between the Uki family and the Mimura family be handled?" Mori Moto looked at Ukita Naoya and asked with a chuckle. The assassination of Mimura's father, Mimura Iekin, by Ukita Naoka, is obviously not an easy grudge to eliminate.

"If Mimura-sama agrees, Ixia is willing to go and make amends in person. If it doesn't want to ......" Ukita Naoya said this, looking up at Mori Motoyaku, his eyes were very calm, "Ukita is willing to act as a pioneer and help you take the reicho!" ”

Hearing this, Mori Moto quietly looked at the Ukita Naoya, and the Ukita Naoya looked at Mori Yuan without fear. Unconsciously, Mori Yuan seemed to see him when he was young, and he was also so unpretentious and humble in the face of the wise Niko and the powerful Yoshitaka Ouchi.

And strictly speaking, Ukita Naoya and Mori Moto do have a lot of similarities. Mao Liyuan defeated the Ouchi family in one fell swoop with the Itsukushima surprise attack and became the new generation of China's hegemon. And the Ukita Naoke also established their position in Bizen with the battle of this Meizenji Temple. And when the two of them rose, they were surrounded by two powerful forces, and they had to choose one of them to take refuge.

The Mori family was facing Ouchi and Niko, and at that time, Mori Yuan was constantly wandering between the two families according to different situations, trying to expand his own power. And the Ukita Naojia is facing the Maori family and the Oda family, and now, it is his first choice, the Maori family, has become his answer.

So in the future, will the Ukita family continue to follow the path that Mori Yuan originally followed? Mao Liyuan didn't know, and that wasn't his concern. Because for him, how to expand his advantage over the Oda family is the only thing he is concerned about.

And even if the Maori dollar is worried? Now Bizen Country has become a situation where Urakami and Ukita are dominant, but the two sides have not officially torn their faces. And in this case, the newly rising Ukita is still the completely lonely Urakami, and this choice is not difficult to make.

Just like Yoshitaka Ouchi and Haruhisa Niko in the past, in the face of powerful foreign enemies, no matter how unhappy they are with the Maori family, they can only take measures to win over. And in the same way, unless the Oda family is defeated, otherwise, the Mori family can only take measures to win over the Uki family. And this is the reason why the Ukita Naoya family dared to come in person.

Hearing the words of the Ukita Naoya, Mao Liyuan nodded with satisfaction again, talking to smart people is so easy. Of course, Mori Moto also said later that the Mori family would help the Uki family win Bizen and Misaku. For these two countries, at least for now, there isn't much thought about the Maori dollar. As I said before, it is better to fight a war on someone else's territory.

A few days later, the Ukika family officially defected from the Urakami family to the Maori family, and in this regard, Urakami Sokei had no way to deal with him except to scold the Ukita family for being disloyal and unjust. After all, at this time in Bizen, the strength of the Urakami family and the Uki family is about the same, and more importantly, the status of the Urakami family in Bizen is no longer as good as before, and the wealthy families who originally surrendered to the Urakami family also began to wait and see after getting the news.

Therefore, after Urakami Sokei finished scolding, he immediately ordered to make an all-out armament, and at the same time sent someone to Harima. There was no way, the Ukita Naojia threw himself into the Maori family, which directly shattered the last trace of expectations of Uragami Sokage. Originally, he also hoped to take advantage of the geographical advantages of Bizen and Mimasaka when the Mori and Oda families went to war. But now that the Ukita family has surrendered to the Mori family, the only thing Urakami Munekyo can do is to throw himself into the arms of the Oda family before the Ukita and Mori coalition forces appear in Bizen.

For Urakami's request, Yushiba Hideyoshi was naturally not happy. With the Urakami family, then his Harima will not be at the forefront of the fight against the Mori family. You must know that during this time, Hashiba Hideyoshi no longer knows how much effort has been put into Harima, and if it is completely finished because of the war, I am afraid that Hashiba Hideyoshi will go crazy.

On the other hand, for Urakami's choice of Sokei, whether it was Mori Motoshi or Ukita Naoya, they naturally expected it a long time ago, so they didn't have any reaction at all. Or rather, their reaction is being used against another force at this time.

The Mimura family, since the Mimura family's last generation of governors Mimura family members joined the Maori family, they have gradually become a powerful family in China. And when it came to the Mimura Yuanqin, not only did he almost unify the entire Bizen China, but he also began to focus on Bizen Province.

It's just that since the battle of Mingzen Temple, Mimura Motokina faintly feels that the Maori family's attitude towards their own family seems to have changed. At that time, Mimura didn't care too much, thinking that it was just because the Mori family was dissatisfied with their private attack on Bizen.

Therefore, he still prepared to attack Bizen Country again, and did not take the Maori family's warnings to heart at all, because he had a perfect reason. His father, the Mimura family, was assassinated by the Ukita family, and if this reason is not used directly, then the Mimura family is not worthy of being the governor of the Mimura family.

Well, Mimura Motokina is indeed also trying to avenge his father, but this is actually only a small part of the reason. After all, in this Warring States era, what kind of grudge is there that cannot be resolved by interests?

In the past, the Maori family governor Maori Xingyuan suddenly died, but he was only in his 20s. It is said that the mastermind behind the scenes has a lot to do with the long-term governor of the Nizi family. And Komatsumaru, the eldest son of Mori Komoto, also died of illness due to fright because of the fact that he was only 9 years old at the request of Nizi to participate in the head examination ceremony after the war.

This kind of grudge should also be a grudge that does not share the sky, right? But the Maori Yuan was still able to endure it. Although it is said that the Mori family defeated Ouchi and Niko successively in the future, it is believed that if the Mori family has not been able to rise, Mori Yuan will definitely still continue to linger in Ouchi and Niko. Because he knew that it was undoubtedly an even more stupid thing to cause the destruction of the family for the sake of revenge. Or in other words, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood.

Therefore, Mimura Moto's personal desire to avenge his father is nothing more than an interface for the sake of attacking Bizen in the eyes of the Maori family. And it is precisely this that makes Maori Yuan think that Mimura Motoko is no longer obedient. For Bizen, the Mori Yuan was never intended to be handed over to the Mimura family. After all, if the subordinate forces under his command were to sit on the two countries, it would not be good news for the family.

However, Maori Yuan is still waiting, waiting for the next move of Mimura Motokin. After all, the Mimura family is nominally subordinate to the Maori family, so it is naturally impossible for the Maori family to take the initiative, and only if the Mimura family makes something sorry for the Maori family first, the Maori family will take the reserve in one fell swoop.

And this opportunity did not make Maori Yuan wait too long. I don't know if it's the wrong tendon of Mimura Motokin, or if he has secretly contacted the Oda family. In short, under the opposition of his uncle and important ministers, Mimura Motokini rebelled against the Mori family without hesitation, and tried to contact Urakami Munekei and the Oda family to deal with the Uki family and the Mori family.

In this regard, Yoshikawa Motoharu immediately said that he should send someone to Matsuyama Castle to persuade Mimura Motoharu to change his mind and avoid using troops against him. Not only because the Mimura family is a long-time retainer of the Maori family, but also because Yoshikawa Motoharu is worried that the rebellion of the Mimura family has the shadow of the Oda family.

It's just that Kobayakawa Takakei said very strongly that he should crusade against Mimura Motokin, because he thought that if he sent someone to persuade him this time, it would undoubtedly leave an impression of compromise on the important ministers of his family. Especially now that the Mori family has just defeated the Otomo family, this impression is likely to lead to the Mori family and the Oda family fighting, and there will be variables on the Otomo side.

Mori Mototo chose Kobayakawa's opinion, and Yoshikawa Motoharu did not continue to persuade when he saw this, perhaps he had long understood why things had come to this point. After all, Yoshikawa Motoharu is not only a famous general in the western country, but also the elder brother of Kobayakawa Takakei, the son of Mori Motosa. He really didn't know much about his father and brother, and if there was no shadow of Mori Motosho or Kobayakawa Takakei behind Mimura's rebellion this time, Yoshikawa Motoharu would never believe it.

But speculation is just speculation after all, and even if it's fact? After all, he is from the Maori family, and this matter is only good for the Maori family, isn't it? Eliminate a subordinate faction that is growing in power and not very obedient, and at the same time push the front one step further. Just as the Oda family did not want to move the battlefield to the side, it is clear that the Mori family did not want war to start in their own territory.

At the end of June, the Mori and Ukita families sent 20,000 troops to attack Beizhong, and except for a few retainers of the Mimura family, most of the retainers and forces only chose to wait and see. Although the Mimura family is indeed their main family, who doesn't know that their real boss is the Maori family? Nowadays, it's just missing a microphone in the middle. And more forces are still looking forward to it, when the Sancun family disappears, will the next rising family be themselves? After all, for the Maori family, he also needs a local to help rule, because then the resistance will be much quieter.

"Decisive Battle...... It's getting closer......"

In Osaka Castle, Oda Yoshinobu sat in the corridor looking at the bright moon in the sky and whispered to himself. When Bizen's Ukita and Urakami fell to Mori and Oda, respectively, the Oda family and the Mori family finally bordered on Sanyo Road. Obviously, the mountain masters of Inaba and Tajima could not last long. After all, in today's situation, a small daimyo like the Yamana family is simply not immune to it.

However, Oda Yoshinobu did not react to this, after all, on the Maori family's side, there is Yushiba Hideyoshi in charge, so why should he wade into this troubled water? And Hideyoshi Hashiba didn't react at all, although it seemed to be a great opportunity to attack Beiqian, but Hideyoshi Hashiba obviously didn't want to assume the identity of the starter of the war. There is no doubt that once Hashiba Hideyoshi leads his army to attack Bizen, then the entire Oda family's encirclement network will definitely be activated in an instant, and Uesugi, Takeda, Honganji, Miyoshi and other forces will also move to launch the most fierce attack on the Oda family together.

In July, with the help of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Yamana family finally showed his attitude and decided to stand on the side of the Mori family, reached an alliance agreement with the Mori family, and officially joined the Oda family siege network.

There's no choice, does it? If there is, the mountain name family governor Yama Ming Youfeng will never get involved.

Well? Why did Yamana and Ukita choose Maori? Hawkers, for most of the traditional forces, Maori, Takeda, Uesugi, Honganji, Miyoshi plus the shogun, this kind of lineup is not at all something that the Oda family can resist, even if it occupies the richest territory in the whole world, even if it once made people see that a single force can bring out an army of 100,000. But strictly speaking, in any respect, the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces was much higher than that of the Oda family.

At the end of the month, in the face of the huge Mori and Ukita coalition forces, Matsuyama Castle was finally breached. Although Motojin Mimura tried to escape, he was eventually caught up. Faced with the end of being unable to escape, Mimura Motoko finally chose to commit suicide by seppuku.

After the end of the war in Bichu, more and more people are turning their attention to, and even those who are no strangers to the samurai world know that the upcoming war will determine the direction of today's troubled times. Towards peace? Continued war? When this decisive battle is over, everything will be clear.