Chapter 42: A dilemma

The city of Fu'an, Closed County, rode swiftly across the fields and rushed towards the gate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The samurai reined in his horse, and his horse was a little taller than the usual Kiso horses.

"Hurry up and tell Hachinohe Masaei that Date Guardian has arrived." The samurai arrogantly rushed to the gate and yelled.

The guards saw that he was extraordinary, and as soon as they heard that it was someone from the Date family, they immediately ran in to report it.

In this city, Hachihe Masashi treated Masashi Kuhe with a smile on his face, and Masashi Kuhe actually came in big armor, and he was also a little frightened in his heart, is this guy demonstrating to me.

"Political reality, now you and I are advancing and retreating together, and if you have something to say, you can say it directly."

Kunohe Masashi drank wine, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't look like he was in his house at all. He put down the lacquer bowl and said, "Now it is impossible for you to stop Yi Yuanzhe's army, even I heard that the northern part of Yi County has been completely surrendered. ”

"Humph! Do you want me to submit to him like this? I can't do it, how can I go back to the old days like this, the territory that I have so hard won? Hachinohe Masakae glared angrily.

Syllable! Kunohe Masashi casually threw away the wine bottle on the table, got up and walked towards Hachinohe Masakai step by step and yelled, "Did you beat it down?" If you hadn't had the fiasco of Ueda Castle and the elite of the pillars of each family died, would it be your turn to be honorable? Have you forgotten how you ran back from the antlers? ”

"Ahh Hachinohe Masaei watched Masashi Hachinohe approach step by step, and the fear that was deliberately hidden in his heart was also stimulated, and he involuntarily knocked over the wine utensils and turned backwards.

"Masami-sama, please respect yourself." Kanyama got up and held the hilt of the sword, as long as Masashi continued to move forward, he would definitely draw his sword and face it, and the samurai of the eight families around him also surrounded him.

The subordinates of the nine households also left the table one after another, and there was a great tendency to be tense.

"Hahaha......" Masashi Kunohe looked around and laughed: "You are not far from death with such a master, I know better than you what virtue Zhengei has since childhood." Zhengrong, I will give you two ways to go, one is to surrender to the Yiyuan family; Second, follow me to the Date Guardian Temple. ”

Hachinohe Masaei was still a little frightened just now, it was the fear of Masashi in his bones, and he even had a feeling just now that Masashi would cut off his head, this kind of power he didn't have.

He swallowed his saliva and looked at the retainers around him and regained his courage in his heart: "Zhengshi, have you talked to Date Qingzong?" ”

"The Guardian Temple has sent Osaki Yoshijin to come, which means that he has sensed the threat, and now the only one who can defeat the Iyuan family and avenge us is the Date Guardian Temple."

At this moment, a samurai from the Hachinohe family hurriedly ran in and shouted, "My lord, Date Harumune's warrant has arrived." Hereby ordered: Hachinohe Masaei cooperated with Osaki Yoshizhen to block the Igen family from going south, and Date 3,000 cavalry samurai went north in a few days. If the order is violated, it will be punished as a rebellious minister. ”

"What?" Hachinohe Masaei's head was in a mess, and Date Harumune actually made a move. And Kunohe Masami was full of smiles, and His Royal Highness Date really came, and he lived up to the submission form he sent.

These are all secondary, mainly how could Date Harunzong give up this opportunity to integrate Lubei. Once successful, the Date family will surely return to its former power, or even higher.

"Alas! Politica, I follow you, and I will do what you do. Hachinohe Masakai said with a sigh.

"Lord!" Kanshan looked angry, how could he hand over the power of the charge to Masashi directly, didn't he tell Date Harumune that we were vassals of Masami of Kunohe?

"Humph! You've been like this since you were a child. After saying that, the nine households proudly led their subordinates to leave the city.

Hachinohe Masaei looked depressed, he was afraid of Masashi, he knew that although he was a little angry, but the fear of Masashi Kunohe from childhood to adulthood still made him at a loss. Maybe when he was a child, Zhengshi beat him to death for a Tang point, and then followed him all the time.

Not far from the city of Fu'an, next to the Fanyu River, a large camp tent stretches around, which is the main army of Yi Yuanzhe.

Iyuan Zhe and the generals of the various armies looked at the simple situation map in the tent together, and the northern part was basically pacified, waiting for Teng Xin to lead the army to converge, the Hachinohe army was huddled around Voltaine City, and the sentinel also brought the news that Osaki Yoshizhen was coming, which made him keenly feel that Date Harumune finally decided to do something to him after seeing him kill the southern family.

"My lord, we only have half a month of grain and grass left, and you don't allow the army to hunt indiscriminately, the supply is too slow." Zhong Shi Daohou said worriedly.

Yi Yuanzhe nodded, he also felt that the situation would be more unfavorable to him if it dragged on.

"Do you think I'm too harsh on everyone because I don't allow my subordinates to catch people indiscriminately?" He looked at Heyuan and a few others and asked.

They looked at each other and nodded, but they didn't dare to say much.

"It's for our good, and if it's another country's territory, of course I don't care, but this is Mutsu, the foundation of our future. Writing is about our future interests, and I don't want your territory to become depopulated and productive in the future, so I hope you understand. ”

"Yes!" Everyone replied respectfully, Heyuan and the others were a little happy in their hearts, listening to the lord's words, they would definitely seal each family in the future, so it was really not cost-effective. Another thing that I didn't say was that Iyuanzhe didn't like to kill the people like this.

"How far is Teng Xin?" He asked again.

"Every day, Teng Xin will send someone to report that yesterday in Qingtian Mountain may be in Zhudian today, and it should be there tomorrow." Teng Tang opened his mouth to answer Yi Yuanzhe's question.

"O~Date may soon send troops, Iwate County is being attacked by the Kasai family, Ando may not be able to resist in the near future, the total strength of Osaki Yoshizhen is currently unknown, but it may not be less than two thousand." Yi Yuanzhe said with a frown.

Everyone present also began to exchange ears, and there were some worried voices among them.

Zhongshi Daohou clenched his saber and said loudly: "No matter how dangerous there is ahead, I will wait for the death to kill the Lord and make a bloody way." ”

"Hah!" The others were full of energy.

"I don't want you to die in battle, if you can't even defeat the Date family, how can you dominate Mutsu. Each of you will be the one who will lead the side in the future. ”

"Haha......" everyone laughed as well.

"Okay, let's get down to business, the current situation in Yiyi has become clear, and it is inevitable that Hachinohe Masei will fall to Date Harumune, but it should take many days for the Date family to mobilize the army, so we must defeat his minions first, otherwise we will be at a disadvantage when the Date army is fully assembled."

"Hmm. The lord is right, we must first break through the coalition led by Osaki Yoshijin, otherwise we will be trapped in Lubei. "Teng Tang can see it more thoroughly. The others also nodded, the rise of the Yi Yuan family and the nominal supremacy of the Date family were in conflict, so a war was inevitable.

"My lord, the Eight Households Army is shrinking in the Voltaic area, but the closure is so big, why don't we bypass Volt'an and attack the Beitian territory, and the Beitian Army will inevitably return to defense." Nitta said.

"Nitta-sama has thought about it, even if Kitada's troops retreat, Osaki Yoshijin is still there. Unless we can defeat Yoshijin Osaki directly. Teng Zheng said to Xintian.

Teng Tang thought for a while and said, "What if it's Teng Xin?" Everyone didn't understand what Teng Tang meant for a while, so Teng Tang paused and continued: "Uh...... What I mean is to let Teng Xin lead his army to raid the area around Dongfan Castle, and then confront Osaki Yoshijin, while the main force of our army directly attacks Fu'an. ”

"How is it possible, the Eight Households Army has completed the mobilization of no less than 1,000 people, and there are also 300 elites of the Nine Households Political Reality, if they cage the city, we will not be able to attack it at all for a period of time. Moreover, Fu'an City is not a small city in the countryside, it is a county town in Shuyi. Heyuan said loudly.

"That's true. But if we retreat, the arrival of Date's army will still be inevitable for us to fight. Yi Yuanzhe nodded, what Heyuan said was right.

"Ah~ How is this good. Neither is it to attack, nor is it to retreat. Gangcheng Jiezhong's mind was dizzy as he listened.

"Huh! Whoever said that it must be attacked, I want to see if Osaki Yoshijin is worthy of the name of Osaki. Yi Yuanzhe smiled mysteriously.