Izumi Province, after Shigeharu Takenaka led 8,000 men to Kishiwada Castle, Maeda Toshiie immediately handed over the captives of the Miyoshi family to Shigeharu Takenaka, and he himself led his troops to Settsu with Sasa Naimasa and others. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Well, they decided to go to the Ishiyama Honganji Temple first, and if they really didn't need help, they were going to Harima to support Hashiba Hideyoshi.

After all, no matter what, Settsu's location is too sensitive, close to Kyoto, although Oda Nobunaga basically doesn't care much about whether the imperial court is in his hands at this time, but in the eyes of Maeda Toshiya and others, Kyoto must not make any mistakes.

After receiving the captives, Shigeharu Takenaka did not immediately lead the army to set off, but continued to do ideological education homework for these captives. Well, I don't know when it began, the retainers under Oda Yoshinobu are more and more fond of doing this kind of thing, even Maeda Keiji and them, while training the troops, they also like to brainwash the troops constantly.

On the one hand, the benefits of this kind of brainwashing are obvious, not only to increase the loyalty of the troops, but also to increase their combat effectiveness. After all, there is a big gap between the combat effectiveness of a unit with faith and a group of troops without faith, don't you believe it? Just look at the fanatical believers of the Sect. On the other hand, this is also a means to win people's hearts and minds in the fastest time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as long as you are willing to submit to His Highness Shura, then you will truly live a happy and healthy life in the future......" Shigeharu Takenaka kept shouting at the captives.

"Under the command of His Royal Highness Shura, if there is a ploughing ox, only 3 layers of taxes will be charged, and if not, you can find the local acting official to borrow the ploughing cattle, so that only 4 layers of taxes will be charged."

"Under the command of His Highness Shura, only three layers of the transaction amount are charged for doing business."

"Under the command of His Highness Shura, you don't have to worry about not having enough food, clothing, and no place to live, because His Highness Shura will help you solve all these problems."

"Under the command of His Highness Shura, you don't have to worry about the sudden attack of war, and you don't have to worry about being caught on the battlefield suddenly, because there will be brave warriors who will defend you."

For civilians living in troubled times, dreams, pursuits, and the future ...... These are actually very unrealistic things, if Takenaka Shigeharu and them talk about this, they are afraid that they will still obey Takenaka's request, but that is not because they were persuaded by Takenaka Shigeji, but because there is a group of fierce guys with sharp weapons around them.

This is obviously not what Shigeharu Takenaka wants, although whether these captives are willing to cooperate or not, he is sure to take down the entire Miyoshi family, after all, without these 15,000 people, it is still unknown whether the Miyoshi family can organize a decent army, not to mention whether they have the courage to continue to resist after the three of Miyoshi are killed in battle.

But if these captives can cooperate, then Shigeharu Takenaka can take down the Miyoshi family more easily, and even if the plan goes well, he can completely get the Miyoshi family before the Maori family reacts.

This brainwashing took half an hour, and although the final result did not meet Takenaka's expectations, it was acceptable, at least these peasants and soldiers were very obedient to Takenaka's arrangement. Of course, the most important thing is to learn about the Awaji Navy and the Maori Navy from these people.

Maybe it was because he was too jealous of the navy under Oda Yoshinobu, or maybe he was relieved of the Awaji Navy of the Miyoshi family, so the Navy of Murakami Takeyoshi was more deployed in the territorial waters of the Maori family such as Kyushu and Nishikoku, while the generation of Awaji to Settsu and Izumi did not send troops over.

"Weihai, it's up to you, as long as we can quickly take down the Miyoshi family, we will definitely be able to attract the Maori family's naval army to the Seto Inland Sea, and when the time comes, the opportunity to attack Kyushu and help you take revenge will come." Shigeharu Takenaka looked at Saeki and said in a deep voice.

"Please rest assured, Lord Takenaka!" Saeki Yukai said respectfully, even if it is not for revenge, Saeki Yukai will work hard to show himself, although he has been a pirate and maritime bodyguard in Southeast Asia for more than ten years, but in his heart, he has never given up the dream of recovering the body of a samurai. This can be seen from the fact that the flag on his fleet was not an ordinary pirate flag, but the family crest of the Saeki family.

Quickly boarded the ship, although there were many captives of the Miyoshi family, but Shigeharu Takenaka had been prepared for this for a long time, and of course, the most important thing was that the Miyoshi family left a large number of ships.

Awaji Province is not far from Izumi Province, and on this sea route, Ataka Nobuyasu did not send anyone to guard at all, maybe in his mind, even if the three of them are still not the opponents of the Oda family, it is impossible to be defeated so quickly, right? Therefore, when the Oda Army Divine Soldier Heavenly General generally appeared in the harbor outside Sumoto Castle, Ataka Nobuyasu was completely stupid.

"How did the Oda family's navy appear here? Could it be that the trio failed? Nobuyasu looked at the dense fleet of ships docked at the harbor outside the city, and his eyes were uncertain.

"Lord, what now?!" Tamuramura Haru, a retainer of the Yataku family, asked in a panic.

The three of Miyoshi sent troops to Izumi Province this time, and almost brought all the troops that the Miyoshi family could mobilize, after all, in their opinion, this is the last chance for the Miyoshi family, and Iyo Province is in the hands of the Maori family, and the Nagasune Ibu family of Tosa Province has joined the alliance again, although it was too weak to send troops because of the unification just now, but this obviously provided an opportunity for the Miyoshi family to attack with all their might.

But in this way, there are not many troops available in the territory of the Miyoshi family, and at this time, the entire continent of the city, including the samurai and their families, is only about 300 people. This is also because it is currently the time of the war, and the reason why the Ataku family belongs to the water army. Obviously, it is undoubtedly a fantasy that these 300 people alone want to hold the castle from the Oda family's attack.

"Lord, withdraw!" Tamuramura said anxiously.

"Withdraw? Where to remove? Hearing Tamuramura's words, Nobuyasu Ataka asked with a sneer, "Go to Awa to seek refuge in Miyoshi Nagaji?" Or go to Sanuki to take refuge in Tokawa Depository? The three of them can't beat the Oda family, so what if we go there? Antaku Nobuyasu's tone was full of sarcasm, and it seemed that he seemed to be very dissatisfied with these people?

Well, Nobuyasu Ataka is indeed very dissatisfied with these people, or rather, he hates the Miyoshi clan very much. The reason is also very simple, his father Anzhai Dongkang was ordered by Miyoshi Changqing to have his stomach seppuku. And this matter is actually because of Matsunaga Shu's slander, but the problem is that Ataka Fuyasu is actually Miyoshi Nagakei's younger brother. Tsk, because of an outsider's slander, he ordered his own brother to cut his own brother, and Sanhao Changqing really killed himself.

And although Miyoshi Chokei was extremely guilty after knowing the truth afterwards, he not only rejected all the important ministers who peeked at the Awaji Navy, but also gave Ataka Nobuyasu a large amount of rewards as a way to make up for it, but obviously, how could these things make up for the wrong thing at the beginning? And just 2 months after Anzhai Dongkang seppuku, Miyoshi Changqing also died of illness. Of course, Anzhai Nobuyasu will only applaud this, but what follows is the competition for the Awaji Water Army by important ministers such as the three good people. If it weren't for the appearance of the Oda family, I'm afraid that Ataka Nobuyasu would have been assassinated long ago.

Tamuramura Haru and her father Tamura Moriharu have always been retainers of the Ataka family, and naturally they will not be unclear about Ataku Nobuyasu's attitude, so after hearing Ataku Nobuyasu's words, he suddenly asked tentatively, "What does the lord ......mean?"

Hearing this, Nobuyasu Ataka looked at Tamuramura Haru calmly, "Do we have any other choice?" ”

Outside the city, the Oda army after landing quickly surrounded the castle, and those who chose to surrender the former Miyoshi family Ashigaru rushed to the front. Hawkers, of course, it's not because Shigeharu Takenaka completely brainwashed them, they do this, although they do have the credit of Shigeji Takenaka's brainwashing, but more because of the reward Shigeji Takenaka promised them. One stone of grain per person is really nothing for the Oda family, who have grown a large area of high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes.

But for these farmers and soldiers of the Miyoshi family, this is quite a generous reward, you must know that the entire Awaji, Awa, and Sanuki combined, is less than 400,000 koku. Coupled with the fact that the Miyoshi family has been attacking in the past few years, you can imagine how miserable the civilians here are. So in the face of the reward given by Shigeharu Takenaka, they agreed without any hesitation, although they didn't know what the corn and potatoes were, but after eating them, they no longer cared what they were.

"Lord Takenaka, why don't you let me go down and see if I can persuade Na Otaku Shinyasu?" The Gamo clan said respectfully. Almost at the same time, Fujitang Gaohu next to him also hurriedly said, "I am also willing to go down, and I will definitely make Anzhai Xinkang surrender to Kaicheng!" After saying that, the two little guys glared at each other unhappily, obviously they both thought that the other party was competing with themselves for credit.

Seeing this, Shigeharu Takenaka smiled helplessly, but the proposal of the two of them was also in the heart of Shigeharu Takenaka. Although it will not be difficult to take Tsuyomoto Castle with the current situation, if Ataka Nobuyasu can submit, then it can basically be said that they will take Awaji without much effort.

It's just that at this time, Suzuki Shigechao hurriedly ran in, "Lord Takenaka, the gate of Sumoto Castle is open!" ”

"What?!"

In the castle of Sumoto, Shigeharu Takenaka sat at the top, flanked by the Gamo clan and others, and Nobuyasu Ataka and his retainers bowed down below. After the two exchanged polite words, Shigeharu Takenaka made his own request, hoping that Ataka Nobuyasu could help him take Awaji Province.

"Please rest assured, Lord Takenaka, although Awaji has been infiltrated a lot by the trio, many people still listen to my words." Nobuyasu Ataka patted his chest and promised, and then sent Tamuramura Haru and others, under the protection of the ninjas sent by Mitsutoshi Tarao, to various castles in Awaji to persuade them to surrender.

And during this time, Shigeharu Takenaka was not idle, and kept asking Nobuyasu Ataka about Awa and Sanuki. Although in his opinion, it should not be difficult to take these two places, but to despise is to despise, and he will not omit the intelligence work that should be done.

"Sanuki is the territory of the Ten Rivers family, and the current governor of the family is the Governor of the Ten Rivers, and Awa is the territory of Miyoshi Nagaji. However, Sanuki's side, the three of them are also very infiltrated, and although Awa is nominally the lord of Miyoshi Nagaji, in fact, most of the power is in the hands of Shinohara Nagabo, he is an old minister of the Miyoshi Yoshiken era, and he is Awa's powerful wealthy family, even if the three of them take him, there is nothing they can do. ”

Hearing this, Shigeharu Takenaka pondered for a while and asked, "Then with your understanding of them, which side is more worthy of wooing?" ”

"Naturally, it is the three good Changzhi and the Ten Rivers Depository, they have long been dissatisfied with the three people and the Shinohara Nagabo, if Lord Takenaka is willing to help them get back the rights that belong to them, I think they will be very willing to submit to His Highness Shura." An Zhai Xinyasu hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Shigeharu Takenaka nodded noncommittally, and then let Antaku Nobuyasu and the others go down. And after they left, Shigeharu Takenaka looked at the Gamo clan and the others and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Although I don't know what the ability of the three good long-term rule and the ten rivers is to preserve them, but with the habits of the lord over the years, I am afraid they will not be allowed to continue to rule a country." Fujido Gaohu said first.

"Yes, if Tokawa and Miyoshi Nagaji can subdue their families for the sake of Sanuki and Awa, then they will definitely rebel again in the future. And even if you don't rebel, I'm afraid you won't really serve the Lord. Gamo explained.

Regarding Oda Yoshinobu's simple and crude centralized system, the two of them did not have much thought about it. This is not only because there are old ministers such as Keiji Maeda as role models, but more importantly, they who came out of Azuchi Gakuin have long understood this system.

When Qin Kui and others were teaching knowledge, they were always constantly criticizing the backwardness of the feudal system and the importance of centralization, which made the hearts of Gamo clan and others can't help but give birth to the concept of good centralization and backward feudal system, plus centralized power represents the powerful Ming Kingdom, and the feudal system is backward Japan, naturally, they will become more firm in this idea.

The reason why Qin Kui talked about this, and kept talking, was mainly because of Li Huamei's instructions. Qin Kui didn't ask Li Huamei why he did this, because he was just a teacher. Although Oda Yoshinobu was kind to him, he also felt a threat from the powerful Oda family. Although he does not deliberately hide anything, it is clear that he will not actively participate in politics.

Hearing this, Shigeharu Takenaka's eyes flickered twice, and he looked at the two of them and said with relief, "Very good, you are worthy of being the samurai that the lord is optimistic about!" With that, Shigeharu Takenaka gave Kotoshi Tarao a look, and the descendant nodded, and then got up and walked out.