After Tajima, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Niwa Nagahide captured Tsuru Castle and Yakuno Castle respectively, they approached Yamana Yutoyo's residence like a bamboo. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And Yamana Yutoyo, who got the news, immediately sent Tayushuang Yoshiyoshi, Otagaki Terunobu, Yagi Toyonobu, and Gakiya Mitsushi who were known as the Four Heavenly Kings in their families to send out, and Yukiya Mitsunari and Tian Yusao Yoshinori led an army of 3,000 to intercept Niwa Nagahide's army, and Yagi Toyonobu and Otagaki Terunobu led 2,000 people in Yagi Castle to resist the Akechi Mitsuhide army.

Well, the Four Heavenly Kings, quite a vulgar term, in this era, many forces have the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings, the more well-known ones such as Takeda, Oda, Tokugawa, Ryuzoji, Uesugi and so on, these are the heroes who once dominated one side, and the strength of the Four Heavenly Kings under their command is naturally not to say, and each can be regarded as a general who can take charge of himself.

But in fact, the Four Heavenly Kings have never been the exclusive term of the powerful and powerful, and they are not able to use this title when they really have four retainers under their command who can take charge of themselves. In fact, under the command of most of the forces with a territory of more than half of the country, there are so-called Four Heavenly Kings, such as Nikaido, Osaki, Ishibashi, etc., which are not even powerful forces in themselves, but it does not prevent them from having the Four Heavenly Kings under their command.

Perhaps, just like the vast majority of samurai like to give themselves a nickname that sounds like a dick blowing up the sky, when there are four retainers of similar strength in the family, it is natural that there will be people who smuggle the horses and give the title of the Four Heavenly Kings.

These four heavenly kings of the mountain name family should basically belong to the scum that has been brought out. Of course, they may be very capable samurai in Tajima and Inaba, but at this time, they have to face the best generals in the Oda family! Niwa Nagahide and Akechi Mitsuhide, under the light of Oda Yoshinobu's blind dog eyes, the samurai who still exude their own light, how can this kind of cat and dog be able to stop it?

Decaying? Overwhelming? Well...... I believe that Akechi Mitsuhide and Niwa Nagahide will still be able to fight such an epic battle in the face of this mountain name Four Heavenly Kings, but unfortunately, these four guys don't give the two of them a chance at all. Facing the army of Niwa Nagahide and Akechi Mitsuhide, they only symbolically shot a few arrows to show that they had indeed struggled, and then directly surrendered to the two.

Tsk, will Yutoyo Yamana vomit blood after knowing it? Well...... Well, no, because after receiving this news, he submitted directly. Then, Akechi Mitsuhide and Niwa Nagahide were a little confused.

There's no way, no matter how smart they are, they can't imagine that a famous family would surrender so easily, right? You must know that the Yamana family governor Yamana Toyoshi was a figure known as a military god, and single-handedly provoked the Onin Rebellion, leading the Western Army and Hosokawa Katsumoto's Eastern Army to fight in Kinai.

But the facts are in front of them, and the only thing they can do is to accept it with a smirk. However, as soon as they accepted, they sent a message to Oda Nobunaga, and at the same time sent Yamana Yutoyo and his family to Azuchi Castle. After all, after being a famous family, the treatment must be different from other ordinary wealthy families. Subsequently, they integrated the various wealthy clans of Tajima as quickly as possible, and began to march towards Takejo, the border road of Inaba.

A few days later, Motoharu Yoshikawa, who had just entered the Inaba estuary castle, almost fainted from the air after learning that the Yamana family had surrendered to the Oda family. In his opinion, although the Yamana family is far from being the heroic hero of the Onin Rebellion, but after all, it is also a famous family, where can he think that it is so useless?

"Yamana, this bunch of garbage! Can't even stop the Oda family a little?! Yoshikawa Motoharu scolded. He couldn't help but be angry, the surrender of the Yamana family, representing the territory of the Mori family, was directly bordered by the Oda family, and once the war broke out in Inaba, who knew if the war would be burned to the Ori family?

"Yoshikawa-sama, although the mountain master of Tajima has surrendered, there is still the mountain master of Inaba~" Inoue Motokan reminded softly, "In the past, the mountain family was in civil strife, and the relationship between the mountain master of Inhata and the master of Tajima was not very good. At this time, the lord of Inhata Tottori Castle, Yamana Toyokuni, was the second son of the previous generation of Yamana Governor Yamana Dingtoyo......"

Although Inoue Motokan lives in Kyushu, after becoming Yoshikawa Motoharu's deputy, he has been studying the situation of the mountain **. The many wealthy families of the Yamana family, as well as Niwa Nagahide's future opponents such as Akechi Mitsuhide, are very detailed.

Hearing this, Yoshikawa Motoharu calmed down, "Not bad! However, the submission of the famous Mayama does not mean that the Yamana Toyokuni of Inaba also submitted. And even if he surrenders, the wealthy clans under his command may not be willing to surrender to the Oda family! Yoshikawa Motoharu said coldly, and then immediately ordered the whole army to march at full speed towards Tottori Castle, and at the same time sent people to Tottori Castle first to persuade Yamana Toyokuni.

Almost at the same time, letters of persuasion from the Oda family and the Mori family appeared in front of Toyokuni Yamana.

"What to do?! What now?! Toyokuni Yamana muttered to himself anxiously. At this time, he was only 21 years old, and he was protected by Tottori Castle and Inaba under the shadow of his ancestors, but he himself was completely incapable of ruling a country.

"My lord! Don't hesitate! At this time, the family can only surrender to the Maori family! "Morishita Tsukoko, an important minister of Toyokuni Yamana, persuaded loudly." This family is a relative of the Ashikaga family, and it is one of the four families of the past dynasties, and now His Royal Highness the Shogun was forced to flee to China by the rebel Oda Nobunaga, and the lord is an important minister of the shogunate, how can you surrender to the rebel?! ”

"Yes...... But Uncle-sama ......" Toyokuni Yamana stammered a little, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Morishita Tsukoko.

"My lord! At this time, the Oda army was still in Tajima! But the 40,000-strong army led by Yoshikawa-sama is already in Kawaguchi Castle! What do you think Yoshikawa-sama will do if you submit the Oda family?! Morishita asked threateningly. Well, that's not the tone of a retainer anymore, but Morishita Tsuko also made a lot of efforts when Yamana formed an alliance with Maori, and he and Yoshikawa Motoharu had a lot of unclear deals.

Faced with the persecution of the retainers, of course, the most important thing was the army of the Mori family who had already entered the Inaba country, and after hesitating for a moment, Toyokuni Yamana made a decision to surrender the Mori family. Although Yamana Toyokuni, after meeting Yoshikawa Motoharu, tried to maintain the alliance between Yamana and the Mori family by inheriting the governor of the Yamana family, and the independence of the Yamana family in Inaba. It's a pity, how could Yoshikawa Motoharu let go of such a good opportunity?

"Yamana-sama, my father once said that Yamana is a very good rising star, quite the style of the former Zongquangong, so I hope that Yamana-sama can go to Anyi and meet my father." Motoharu Yoshikawa said with a smile. It's just that this smile is like a ghostly smile for Toyokuni Yamana.

Well...... Zongquan Gong is the name of the mountain Zongquan, and it is the name of the mountain name after he became a monk. Well, Yamana Toyo has the demeanor of Yamana Toyo? Toyokuni Yamana himself doesn't believe it, okay! It's a pity that the form is stronger than the person, and in the face of the army brought by Yoshikawa Motoharu, plus Morishita Tsuko and other important ministers have also leaned towards the Maori family, the only thing Yamana Toyokoku can do seems to be to pray that there are no bandits or homeless people on the road.

After sending away Yamana Toyokoku, Yoshikawa Motoharu also immediately integrated the wealthy clans of Inaba Province and immediately led his army to Ashiya Castle in Tajima.

On the other hand, Takakei Kobayakawa, who had settled in Tomita Matsuyama Castle and was constantly preparing for the next battle, soon received news from the Kono family.

"Huh...... Sure enough, they still took refuge in the Oda family......" Kobayakawa Takakei said with a sneer.

"Kobayakawa-sama, in this case, I'm afraid the Kono family will be in danger." Bencheng Yuanzhen said worriedly.

Although there were 10,000 sailors on standby at this time, it was only a navy after all, and they had to watch out for the navy under Oda Yoshinobu, so it was impossible to fully support the Kono family. In this way, will the Kono family alone be able to stop the Oda family's attack?

"Well...... Kobayakawa Takakei groaned when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice, "In this case, I will repair a letter to my father and ask him to decide." As he spoke, Kobayakawa Takakei ordered someone to bring a pen and paper and write.

"With the current situation of the Mori family, it is basically impossible for the forces in Aki and other places to move, so if you want to support Iyo Province, you can only ask other forces to help. So...... Is it the Ryuzoji family? Ukita Naoya sat aside and thought to himself.

As the Ukita Naoya thought, with the current situation of the Mori family, if they wanted to support Iyo Province, they had to ask other forces to come forward. And this letter is a letter of request for help from Kobayakawa Takakei who wants to ask the Ryuzoji family to send troops to support Iyokoku.

However, in addition to this letter, Takakei Kobayakawa is preparing to carry out another plan.

"Naoya, I remember that the information shows that the notice issued by the head of the Nagazong and my department is that the Nagazong and my family will be a vassal to Oda Yoshinobu from now on, not to the Oda family, right?" Takashi Kobayakawa asked faintly, a glint in his eyes.

"Kobayakawa-sama wants to divide the relationship between Oda Yoshinobu and Oda Nobunaga?!" Ukita Naoya was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with some uncertainty, "This doesn't seem to have any effect, right?" After all, although Oda Nobunaga and Oda Yoshinobu are not brothers, they are closer than brothers. ”

"Hehe, how do you know if you don't try? And even if Oda Nobunaga and Oda Yoshinobu don't care, but what about the others? Kobayakawa Takakei chuckled.

Hearing this, Ukita Naoya's eyes lit up, and he immediately echoed and smiled, "Not bad! Even if the two of them don't believe it, as long as the rest of the Oda family has an idea in their hearts, it only takes a little bit, and over time, it will become a huge mustard! ”