After defeating the reinforcements of the Saga people, I stepped up my attack on Maitreya Temple. For most of the day, although the believers were still struggling to resist, the monks in the temple could not hold on. Since the establishment of the Maitreya Temple, how has it been attacked on any scale? In particular, the occasional shells flying from the river have smashed more than a dozen houses, broken hands and bones of 17 or 8 people, and torn their flesh apart. Obviously, it is not safe to hide in the temple now, and the painful moans and wails of the wounded, almost becoming a pile of bloody corpses, all make them tremble, who can guarantee that such an encounter will not fall on their heads?

They sent messengers who expressed their willingness to dismiss the believers and hand over the mountain on the condition that they keep the surnames of all the people in the temple.

That's no problem, I don't have any interest in their surnames at all, all I need is to uproot this long-standing cult and transform it into our stronghold.

I readily agreed to their request and sent them all to Ishiyama Honganji Temple by boat, and then left Awaji Bei, Awaji Min, and Kawade in charge of the garrison and renovation. I took all the remaining nearly 20,000 troops to Saga Castle and surrounded the small city.

But instead of attacking immediately, I sent messengers to persuade me to surrender. I told them that the main reason for this expedition was that the Suzuki family had opposed the family several times in Ishiyama and Nagashima, and had rejected my previous request to make up for their mistakes, so the Suzuki family had to hand over half of their territory and withdraw from the center of the Saga clan, with the Tsuchihashi family leading alone, and the head of the Suzuki family, the head of the Saga party, Suzuki Shigei, must also take responsibility. As for the others, for the sake of the people who once fought side by side, as long as they surrender early, they can not blame the past.

This condition is already very generous. If Nobunaga hadn't asked me to end the war as soon as possible, I wouldn't have made such a condition at all, because I would probably be reprimanded by Nobunaga when I returned. And the Zaga people have only gone through a great rout, and now they are besieged by ten times the heavy army, so they must be very satisfied with this condition. Of course, this does not include Shigei Suzuki, who was ordered to seppuku, nor does it include the Suzuki family, who is about to lose half of their territory and the position of the leader of the Saga clan.

That night, there was an accident in the city, due to serious disagreements, Suzuki Shigei, Shigehide father and son used force on the spot, killing the head of the Tsuchihashi family, Tsuchihashi Shigetaka, the son-in-law Tsuchihashi Morishige and the youngest son Tsuchihashi Shigeji, who stayed in the residence, got the news and fled to the residence of my messenger Fujido Takatora, and then was surrounded by the Suzuki family together with Fujido Takatora. However, the Suzuki family did not lose their minds, and they asked Fujido Takatora to send an attaché to inform me of the Tsuchihashi family's rebellion against the ambush and ask for a revision of the terms of submission.

"This is a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle! Kill the head of the Tsuchihashi family and the sect family, and no one will be qualified to rule the Zaga people...... Suzuki family hit a good idea. "Shigeharu Takenaka was a little helpless.

I don't have much emotion. This time, according to the agreement with Genraiji Temple, the Tsuchihashi family was promoted, and I vaguely understood that this would be the result. Suzuki Shigei, Shigehide father and son are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they will never be willing to lose their status. However, there is nothing wrong with this, they are willing to help me weaken and divide the Zaga people, so naturally I have no opinion. With the current situation, even if the position of the big leader of the Suzuki family is retained, Minami Sansato will not follow them, and there will be a rift between the Nerai people and the Suzuki family.

"In that case, let's revise the terms of submission!" I ordered, "The Suzuki family can keep the position of the big leader, but the territory must be reduced, and the head of the family must apologize." As for the rebellion of the Tsuchihashi family, there is something suspicious about it, and the Suzuki family must give Fang and Nerai an explanation...... By the way, send someone to the Hirai Jukan and report the matter to Shigekane Suzuki. ”

"Brother, is this too indulgent to the Suzuki family? The Tsuchihashi family has been in contact with us, and now that one door has been murdered, is that all? Xiujing questioned. He is in charge of liaison with the Tsuchihashi family, and he has a friendship with Tsuchihashi Morishige, so he has some opinions about my decision.

"Xiujing, the order of the main hall is urgent, so we can only do this first," I explained, "After all, our purpose is to pacify the Zaga people, not to administer justice. ”

“…… Be. Xiujing thought about it and had to sigh.

"Next up is Wakayama Castle—" I scanned my gaze in the tent, "the main hall should be given to the family to garrison, and in order to control the situation, this castle must be built strongly." ”

"Father, it's better for me and Masanobu to continue the construction!" Zhou Jing took the initiative to ask for help.

"You're not suitable," I shook my head, "now that the Oda family and the Mori family are at odds with each other, it's likely that there will be a fight in Iyo next, and their Tosa people will have to return to the domain." ”

"Your Majesty obeys." Honda replied. Judging by his expression, it seems that this is the result that he had expected to be.

I continued to look at everyone, and my eyes fell on Jing Zheng. In this expedition, there is no shortage of performances in both Xinjing and Zhoujing, only he bears the false name of a guardian and has no sense of existence in the army. Seeing that his father, uncle, and two brothers were all so dazzling, and even his own acting officer was majestic, he must have been a little disappointed!

Perhaps, he should be allowed to take some responsibility and gradually build up a little prestige. Although he was not expected to overpower Fukuchi Sotaka in Iga, he could not be left untouched like this.

"Keisaburo," I called out his young name kindly, "How about you and His Highness Sotaka have nothing to do with the Iga people, so how about you take charge of the construction of Wakayama Castle?" After it is built, you will serve as the city representative. ”

"Huh?" Jing Zheng froze slightly, and then reacted, and hurriedly shouted the order.

"This is your first time in such a position, and I will send Fujido Takatora to assist you. He once presided over the construction of the city of Zhouben, and he is a master of city construction in the family, so you have to borrow a lot. I continued to instruct him.

"Yes! Father! Jing Zheng replied respectfully.

……，…… The Kii expedition in the second year of Tensho came to an end, and the final result was a bit anticlimactic. Although the people of the western part of Taka-gun and Mulou-gun expelled Hatakeyama Takamasa and nominally became a subordinate of Hatakeyama Yoshishu, in fact they maintained a half-reading position, and Hatakeyama Yoshishu could not control them across a large area of the Kii Mountains in the east; As for my submission conditions, the Suzuki family also discounted it, and the three brothers, Shigekane, Shigehide and Shigesasa, jointly notified Fujido Takatora, claiming that they had overthrown their father Suzuki Shigeyi, but they didn't know where he went, so they couldn't hand it over to us. For the sake of their agreement to give up half of their territory, I accepted this explanation and promised to turn it around for them at Nobunaga's.

Although it was not very ideal, after all, the Saga people had been severely weakened, and Hatakeyama Takamasa had also lost his strength, and it was roughly a preliminary pacification of Kii, and Nobunaga accepted the result and rewarded the meritorious ones.

In Kii Province, which was temporarily pacified, Taka-gun was handed over to Hatakeyama Yoshishu and served as the guardian of the sub-county; Arita County, where the base camp of the Saga people is located, was indeed handed over to me. Although the height of this county stone reached 80,000 yuan, I was actually able to obtain only about 30,000 stone from the coastal area, which were taken from the hands of Maitreya Temple and Saga people, and the other 50,000 stones, 40,000 stone belonged to the temple leader of Fenhe Temple in the east of the county, and the Suzuki family and his subordinates also kept 10,000 stones. The Tsuchihashi family had to abolish the family name due to the extinction of the family, and the Tsuchihashi Heicheng of the distant branch of the clan did not dare to continue to stay in the Saka people, and went to Genraiji Temple to join the Tsuchihashi family of Quanzhifang.

As the vanguard, the three members of Nishiaba were also rewarded by Nobunaga. Among them, Ikoma's parents gained the most, and as Nobutada's own uncle, he was transferred to Yamada Prefecture of Sanuki Province, which was adjacent to the old Yamama Prefecture and was formerly owned by me, and served as the guardian of Higashi-Sanki. And due to the transfer of the Ikoma family, Maeda Toshiie and Sawaki Yoshiyuki also increased their territories, and received the whole of Mima County and Awa County respectively.

The stone height of Yamada-gun is about 20,000 koku, of which 10,000 koku belongs to the Tokawa family. If it's still in my hands, it's fine, but if it's owned by the Ikoma parents, it's too powerful. In order to facilitate the jurisdiction, Ikoma's parents accepted my suggestion and raised the status of the Uematsu and Mitani clans on the grounds that Tokawa was a concubine and could not rule the clan, and served as their own head together with the Tokawa family, who was the clan. As a result, the Tokawa family was divided into three, and it was no longer possible to compete with the Ikoma family.

I learned this technique from the Tokugawa family. Historically, after they established the shogunate, they used to split up and even change many of the overly powerful daimyo for various reasons that were between reasonable and unreasonable. In comparison, I'm pretty reasonable.

This also reminds me that I must firmly maintain the status of the heir, otherwise, there will inevitably be some hidden worries. For this reason, I will send Asanabei back to Mie Castle as a direct force of Shinkei, so as to assert the authority of Shinkei at home. The rest of the Kanie Bei is still in the hands of Wasuka Masakatsu, Awaji Bei is in the hands of Xiujing, and I directly control Tsushima Bei and Triple Bei, but the triple Bei is generally handed over to the three of Maeda Toshiie, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, and Ikoma Parents, who are Yoritsu.

All four of the reserve teams are now gathered in Awaji Province. This was also Nobunaga's request, and he had instructed me to prepare for the Maori family when I was in Kyoto. According to his intelligence, the Maori family is making a general mobilization in the territory, and it is likely that there will be some big moves.

At this moment, most of his thoughts were on the Maori family (not used to speaking of China) in Sanyin and Sanyang. He ordered Owari, Mino, Ise, and Nanbei-Omi to reinforce their armaments, which he personally mastered, and prepared to meet the Maori family at any time; Ordered Araki Village in Settsu to strengthen its vigilance and keep an eye on movements in Sanyo; Ordered Takeda Nobutaka and Niwa Nagahide to prepare to attack Tango Province in San'in, in order to avenge the mistakes of the Isshiki family in taking in the fugitive monks from Mt. Hiei and supporting Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and at the same time open up the direction of San'in; The shogunate that ordered Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka to manage the Tamba Province was expected to have Hideharu Hatano and his son-in-law Beschoji in Harima swear allegiance; In addition, Naomasa Tsukashi served as the guardian of Yamato, and led the three kingdoms of Yamajo, Yamato, and Kawachi to defend Ishiyama Honganji Temple to ensure the stability of the situation in Kinai.

With such a big move by the Oda family, it is natural that the Maori family can't hide it. In response, they also accelerated their combat readiness, and the situation between the two sides became more and more tense.

At the beginning of May, fighting finally broke out. However, it was not either Oda or Mori that caused the war, but the Mimura Motokin, who was preparing for China.

It all started with the late father of the first family of Mimura, the Mimura family. When the Mimura family was alive, they relied on the support of the Maori family to gradually unify the whole of Beichukuo, and then launched an attack on the Bizen and Misasaka countries. However, just as he was ambitious, on the 5th day of the second month of the 9th year of Eiroku, he was assassinated with an iron cannon by the Ukita Naoya family in front of the Ukita family during the evaluation of the Kozenji Temple in Mimasakaku with his heavy ministers. This despicable act made the Mimura family furious, and after the son of the family, Mimura Motokin, succeeded to the throne, he immediately dispatched 20,000 troops to attack the Ukita family to avenge his father, but the Ukita family returned to the family and had to return in vain.

After this battle, Mimura Motokini and the Ukita Nao family have become enemies, and the Mori family has also seen the strength of the Ukita Nao. Last year, in order to guard against my navy, Kobayakawa Takakei and the Uki family reached an agreement to jointly defend the Uki family's Kojima; This year, in order to deal with the Oda family, Kobayakawa Takakei even proposed to form an alliance with the Uki family. Although Yoshikawa Motoharu, who was in charge of San'in, was adamantly opposed to the proposal in consideration of the Mimura family's position, the proposal was approved by the Governor Mori Terumoto, and it quickly became a reality.

Hearing that the Mori family and the Uki family had formed an alliance, the governor of the Mimura family, Mimura Motokin, was furious. In his opinion, the Mimura family and the Maori family have had an alliance for decades, and now the Maori family has formed an alliance with the Mimura family's sworn enemies, which is a complete betrayal of the two alliances. Enraged, he immediately made the decision to turn his back on the Mori family, and sent someone to Kyoto to contact Nobunaga to prepare to join the Oda family. Mimura Shinsei, the uncle of Mimura Motokin, tried his best to persuade the governor, but he couldn't save his heart, so he and his son Mimura pro-announced and left the territory.

Receiving the news of the instability of the Mimura family, Mori Terumoto preemptively sent all the 80,000 troops who were originally going to attack the Oda family to China, and launched an extremely powerful offensive against the Mimura family. The Ukita family has always been shrewd, and of course they will not let go of this opportunity, and soon gather troops to attack Mimura Motojin together with the Mori family.

In this way, Mimura Motoqin felt unbearable, several times the military momentum, the two sides of the attack, how could it be so easy to deal with? While he tried his best to organize the defense of the domain, he again sent a messenger to Nobunaga, asking for support from the Oda family.

(To be continued)