A heavy rain for no reason tried to wash away the excess worldly atmosphere, but it was more likely that it was to cover up the bloody violence that should not have been, and the political balance that should have been in the key mountain formation of the Shenbian Plain appeared in the Yukiyama Castle in the Kurashiki Plain, he touched the undried rain on the head of the castle, and said to himself: "It seems that the wind is rising!" ”

A wet wind blew across her cheeks, and his eyes stared at the choppy Seto Inland Sea ahead. Standing beside him, Noyama Yoshito, his face was full of excitement, and Noyama Yoshitomo knew the result of the battle of Sakurayama Castle from the messenger sent by Qinghe Hengxiu early.

Masahiro looked at the sound of the waves of the Seto Inland Sea crashing against the port, as if he had once again returned to his hometown in his previous life, and he was silent in his memories, the rain that slipped from the city wall fell on the back of his bare hand, and the wet rain rippled on the back of his hand and slid down rapidly, instantly breaking this artistic conception.

Zheng Heng immediately regained his composure, looked at Noyama Masaki's expectant eyes and just nodded, and said lightly: "Daisuke Miyauchi, in the battle of Sakurayama Castle, Ouchi Yoshicho and Mao Li Takashi suffered more than 1,500 casualties, and they have not made enough progress. ”

Noyama Yoshitomo didn't know that the battle of Sakurayama Castle had already caused Ouchi Yoshicho and Mori Takakei to lose their morale, especially after the Ouchi army captured Silver Mountain Castle, plus the battle of Sakurayama Castle suffered more than 1,000 casualties, even if Ouchi Yoshicho wanted to continue the war, his subordinates had no intention of fighting from top to bottom, he asked softly: "Lord, the army is ready, but I don't know if Murakami Takeshi will be fooled?" ”

Zhengheng looked at the estuary of the Gaoliang River, wiped a handful of rainwater from the city with his hand, and rubbed it vigorously. said lightly: "I'm lucky." Lost my life. Originally, my family's initial strategy for this battle was to seize a part of Aki Province, completely integrate Bigo Province into the system, and eliminate the threat of Mishima Murakami, but now that the news of the Battle of Sakurayama Castle has spread, it is time for the people of the four northern prefectures of Bigo Province to consider their whereabouts. ”

Hearing that Zhengheng was still able to be so calm, Noyama Yoshichao nodded solemnly, obviously he was a little fluttery just now, and wanted to swallow Yasui, Nagato, Zhou Fang, and Iwami Shikoku in one go. He asked softly, "Lord, how should Mishima Murakami deal with it?" ”

Zhengheng took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the city, and said as he walked: "The battle of Sakurayama Castle has spread, and the people of the four northern prefectures of Bigo Province should consider their positions, and the new Tibetan Yoshimitsu of Injima Village should also choose, and send someone to sue him, if he wants to surrender, he will take out a certificate of surrender, and at the same time. Let Ueno Masacho cross the sea and seize Mukaishima. ”

Noyama Masachao was stunned for a moment, and said doubtfully: "This." How should Saemon doctor Ryoyasu reply? ”

Zheng Heng glanced back at Yeshan Yichao and said lightly: "Then it depends on the choice of the new Tibetan Ji Chong to see if he is worthy of my investment." After saying a word without a word, Zhengheng returned to the city, and he still had many things to deal with.

Zhengheng is waiting for Murakami Takeshi's action, Ouchi Yoshicho and Mori Takakei also expect Murakami Takeshi to bring enough good news to revive their morale, before and after the battle of Sakurayama Castle, Ouchi Yoshicho lost nearly a thousand, and Mori Takakei lost four or five hundred people, all of whom were elites, and morale once fell to the freezing point. If it weren't for Ouchi Yoshinaga's expulsion of Ouchi Yoshitaka, his personality became brutal, and he implemented a joint sitting system in the army, and one person fled and the whole team was beheaded, and his family and neighbors in the village would have been affected, I am afraid that he would have deserted again and again. Mori Takakei obviously couldn't be as ruthless as Ouchi Yoshinaga, and could only watch the people of Aki grinding foreign workers, and Tozaki Castle was less than seven or eight miles away from Takayama Castle, and the speed of the march was like a snail.

The war on land came to a standstill for a while, and Murakami Takeshi at sea also felt embarrassed, and he also felt a cold silence after a long time on the battlefield, although he made the order to attack, but it once made him have a fluctuating mood, and his face showed an unconcealable wavering, and at the same time, in order to force composure, he first asked for Murakami's solemn opinion.

This is completely different from the usual Murakami Takeshi's arbitrary style, and he seems to be aware of the mystery hidden behind the war from the experience of this war. Takeshi Murakami said with a cold expression: "In the battle of Sakurayama Castle, Yoshicho Ouchi and Mori Takakei were slow to act, and Date Masahiro only strengthened the deployment of troops in Takayama Castle and Sakurayama Castle, but did not take active action, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Murakami was also full of doubts, but now that he had attacked, if he was indecisive, it would be very detrimental to the morale of the army, he frowned, and said: "According to the intelligence of the previous year, Date Masahiro owns five or six hundred thousand stones in the land of Shikoku, and the soldiers and horses are about twenty or thirty thousand. The reserves that the Date Army can really use should be less than 10,000 people. ”

Murakami obviously wanted to dispel Murakami's concerns with some self-righteous analysis, he stared at Murakami's face for a moment, but immediately said with a straight face: "Now that we have attacked, it is obviously very detrimental to the morale of the army." ”

Murakami Takeshi looked at the sky outside the cabin, nodded slightly, and said, "This battle is a big deal, let's occupy Manabe Island first." ”

Murakami solemnly showed a slightly surprised expression, pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "Understood, I'll go first to see how the health of Iwata Xinghiro of the Ouchi Army is, hey, I never thought that the three thousand Ouchi Army would be seasick, and it was time to find an island to rest." ”

Manabe Island.

It has been more than three years since Murakami Buyoshi lost the island, and now it is the Date sailors who own the island, and it is Masayori Shimasatoshi who is stationed on the island.

Manabe Island is located at the junction of the Eastern and Western Seto Inland Seas, and has long been a battleground for pirates from all walks of life in the Seto Inland Sea. Three years ago, Date Zhengheng succeeded in the attack and left after burning a fire.,It was the salt saturation water army that got the real pot island.,Soon a series of battles were launched around the real pot island between the salt and the Noshima Murakami water army.,With the rise of the Date family,The return of the salt and water army,A series of various times happened,Manabe Island fell into the hands of the Date family again.。

Everyone knows the danger of Manabe Island, wealth and danger are sought, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, these two famous sayings that have prevailed for thousands of years are indeed the truth, and Island Yili led one hundred and eighty people to take two small ships to take up the post, becoming the latest owner of Manabe Island.

The original water castle on Manabe Island had long since been destroyed by the flames of the Date Army, and the castle that now stands on the island was rebuilt later, and the latecomers apparently learned from the weakness of their predecessors and moved the castle to the castle hill in the east of the island, and built a stone castle with the stones that had been transported.

The fortress was small, but it was strong. If you want to land on the beach near Shiroyama, you will be attacked by bows and iron cannons from Jozan, and if you want to land on the island from Manabe Port, you will need to break through the Godo Gate if you want to capture Shiroyama. This is also the proof that the salt and water army can stop Murakami Buji.

The close relationship between Shima and Murakami Yoshiyoshi can be seen from the name of Shima Masori, according to the generation, Shima Masori and the Date sailors who surrendered to Date Masahiro in Kasaokama Castle are the same generation as Shimamasatoshi Shimasashi, but they are not of the same race, otherwise Shimamasori would not have been ceremoniously appointed by Murakami Buyoshi and Murakami.

In fact, it is said that Shima Yili is the descendant of the Shima clan, because of the close relationship with Murakami Yoshiyi, after the expulsion of Murakami Yoshiyi, he was also expelled from the fate of the Murakami family, and the island Maori Fang turned from the Shu clan to inherit the clan and was able to come out of Shino Island Murakami.

Shima Yoshiri, commonly known as Kankan and Bow, is good at using strong bows and was promoted by Murakami Yoshiyoshi. Murakami expelled Murakami Yoshiyi, and Shima Yi used a bow and arrow to shoot several Murakami Retainers, who were pursued by Murakami Buji and Murakami Grandi, and then went incognito between the islands. After the island masatoshi abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, he met the island again by chance, and was introduced to become a retainer of the Date family, a member of the shippers, and after Manabe Island returned to the Date family, he volunteered to go to Manabe Island.

Shima Ori has a calm and thorough personality, and since the town of Manabe Castle, he has organized soldiers to repair and strengthen the city, and set up enemy towers and high fortifications. Dawn. Shima Ori led a small group of people who had just come from the Tenjinnose, which overlooked Manabe Port, and built a small beacon tower on the Tenjinnose, leaving five soldiers.

As soon as Shima Mori returned to Manabe Castle, he was about to talk to a few old brothers about the defense of the Tenjin Nose, when he suddenly heard a loud noise, followed by the sound of banging on the wooden stake, he trembled, and looked back in the direction of the Tenjin Nose, but saw a beam of wolf smoke rising straight up over there, which was so eye-catching in the sky.

Dao Yili hurriedly led the soldiers to the highest part of the city mountain to look in the direction of the heavenly nose, at one end of the island galloping on the sea hundreds of large and small ships, and nearly a hundred small boats cruising nearby, surrounded this small island with a size of only 1.5 square kilometers, there was no anxiety in my heart, but there was a sense of relief.

And the sun is just at this time benevolently swaying its brilliance on the earth, in the air, light and blood dance together, the sun tries to tear through the camouflage of a qiē, so that the world can see the most real world. The ugliness that last night's rain tried to hide was exposed under the scorching sun, and in this ugliness there were all kinds of helplessness and sighs in the world, hovering into the world.

Shima Yili spat at the foam and said viciously: "The young assistant in the palace was forced to die, and he wanted me, so let me hide around like a mouse, and today I will let you see that if you are in a hurry, a mouse will bite." "The Miyauchi Shaosuke in Shima Mori's mouth is the same Murakami Yoshiyi who was expelled and forced to death by Murakami Takeshi. (To be continued......)