After this unannounced collegial agreement was reached, the unaware Miyoshi Army, led by Miyoshi Yoshiken, gathered an army of 20,000 and re-entered Higashi-Harima, preparing to teach the disobedient Bessho Yasuji a profound lesson, but the result was greatly unexpected by him, and as soon as he stepped into the territory of Harima Province, it became a different scene.

The Harima National People's Army seemed to have expected him to come, and the early gathering of troops gathered under Miki Castle, Miyoshi Yoshiken did not know what was going on, and was disrupted by the military momentum from all directions, and after a fierce battle that took a whole day, he was finally outnumbered, and the tired soldiers of the Miyoshi Army took the lead in defeating Settsu.

In this battle, the Miyoshi army killed 1,500 people, and Miyoshi Yoshiken will never understand why Harima Country has an arrogant military momentum of 35,000 overnight, and suddenly it comes out and shines on Miyoshi Yoshixian's head is a stuffy stick, and he didn't react to the knock for a long time, and the loss of this battle is too embarrassing for him to be puzzled.

Later, the news came that he learned that the Akamatsu clan had declared a resolute resistance to the invasion of the Miyoshi family, and united the national armies of Harima Province, Misaku Province, and Bizen Province, and formed an alliance with Hideharu Hatano, a powerful countryman of Tanba Province, to jointly fight against the barbaric invasion of the Miyoshi family, and the news that Akamatsu Yoshisuke also killed and rendered the Akamatsu army defeated more than 20,000 Miyoshi troops led by Miyoshi Yoshiken under Miki Castle, which seemed to tell the samurai of the world that their Akamatsu family had revived again.

It doesn't matter whether the Akamatsu family recovers or not, but Miyoshi Yoshixian's defeat is like a slap in Miyoshi Changqing's face, the hot pain and huge shame make him almost crazy with anger, but fortunately, he can still maintain his due sanity under the anger. Knowing that this is not the best time to provoke the people of Harima. Moreover, Yoshisuke Akamatsu is by no means a heroic master. He took the initiative to release no intention of meddling in affairs, which in his eyes could simply equate him with a stupid person.

It can also be seen from this side that the Akamatsu clan is actually far less powerful than they show, combined with the information that Miyoshi Changqing has, the Akamatsu clan is mostly united by external forces this time, and fought a joint battle under Miki Castle that caught the Miyoshi family off guard, and its significance is nothing more than to respond to the request of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Matsunaga Xiu cautiously observed Miyoshi Changqing's face, and hesitated for a long time before saying cautiously: "It seems this way." The shadow of the man behind the scenes has already surfaced......"

Before Matsunaga Shu could finish speaking, Miyoshi Changqing roared like thunder: "Kira Yoshitoki! Sure enough, you are the only one who can do such a ruthless thing to your family, even if you are far away in Echigo, you will never forget the situation in Kyoto! It's you who thwarted your family's Shangluo action again, or did you do so much to your family's territory! The harm of the family's trip to Shangluo gave up halfway, turned around and fell into the embarrassing situation of a fire in the backyard, all of which are the ups and downs of your ten years of making my Sanhao family, and the family and you are incompatible! ”

Miyoshi Yoshixian was puzzled: "Does my brother mean that the Kira Town Mansion is doing trouble?" However, the Kira Town Palace spent half of the year in the town of Dewa Province to pacify the local lords, and did not return to Kasuga Yama Castle by boat until the end of autumn, and there was another general of the Kira family, Uesugi Terutora, who had always made great achievements in conquering Echichu and Kaga, and according to intelligence, the Kira family also fought two large-scale joint battles in Minami Shinano during the same period. Thousands of casualties on both sides before they quit the truce ......"

Miyoshi Kang Chang was amazed: "It's really powerful to fight on three sides!" And the worst one is also a territory in Minami Shinano, and this year's harvest is much stronger than that of a year when we are tired and tired......"

Ichinomiya Seisuke whispered, "It is said that the stone height of the Kira family has exceeded four million stones!" ”

"Nani? Four million stones? Kira Yoshitoki has only been in Echigo for a few years? It's unlikely! Miyoshi Masanari shook his head in disbelief.

Miyoshi Masakatsu looked at his brother and said slowly: "Nagato Mamoru is right. There are indeed so many stone heights, I am afraid that it is only more than this, not less than this. ”

As a member of the public who once opposed the Sanhao Changqing side, the performance of the Sanyoshi Zhengsheng since his return to the Senator can only be described as plain as water, neither proactive nor any eye-catching performance, and he is a marginal person who has been excluded in the Miyoshi family, and his sudden rare speech this time has attracted the attention of many people.

Miyoshi Masayasu glanced at him in surprise and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Miyoshi Masakatsu said lightly: "Echigo's stone high is a secret to other people, but we are such a powerful martial artist very clear, we can know that the stone high in the first year of Hongji is about two million stones, and I still remember that when the news came out, it once shocked the world, and since then, everyone in the world knows that Echigo's wealth is not lower than Gyeonggi."

Now after a few years, it should not be surprising that the stone height of Echigo has increased a little, and the stone height of the three countries of Echichu, Shinano, and Ueno has not been announced, and the stone height of the Kaga Half Country and the Hazen Half Country that was beaten down this year is also not clear, but we can imagine that the stone height of such a large territory should not be less, and the stone height of that country is at least higher than that of Hanoi and Izumi. ”

Miyoshi Kang nodded and said, "This is too!" The small area of Izumi Province must have 1340,000 koku, and the country of Hanoi will only be more than 200,000 koku, and it will definitely not be less, and the two countries together will add up to 350,000 koku, which is exactly the difference between the stone height of the Setzu country, and the territory of Shinano and Viet China is very large, and the stone height of the territory of these two countries must be much more than that of Settsu country.

In addition, Ueno Country is also a very wealthy territory, the Yamauchi Uesugi family is relying on the direct leader of this territory to control the Kanto region for a hundred years, on the stone high is only afraid that it is also richer than the Setzu country, only take the stone height of these three distant countries together conservative calculation will exceed 1.4 million stone, only Kaga and Hazen do not know how much, let's just count the two places together There are 400,000 stones, plus more than 2 million stone heights in Echigo, even if there is no 4 million, it is not far behind. ”

In this era, there was no unified land inspection account, and the township accounts of the lords in various places would not be stupid enough to be announced to the shogunate, so the specific number of stone high is only known to the daimyo who is in charge of the territory, if the daimyo is not strong, he may not know how many stone high his own territory is until he dies, and the Miyoshi family has controlled Settsu and Izumi for many years, and it is very clear how many territories these two countries have, and Kawachi Province was taken away in less than half a year. Therefore, it can only be roughly estimated that the stone height of Hanoi will not be less than 200,000 stones.

The number of stone heights is mainly in important grain-producing areas such as plains. Omi Province is known to be a famous grain producing area in Kinai. The actual territory of Omi Province is not as large as Shinano Kuni, mainly because it is occupied by a single Lake Biwa, but the stone height of Omi Province is amazingly high, and the Kira family has more than 200,000 stone in the two counties of Shiga Takashima, not to mention how much stone height is mastered on the side of the Rokkaku Yoshiken family.

It's like the Echigo country in the past, it was a rotten place where birds didn't poop, the reason is that although the place is very large, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and there are many snow-capped mountains for half a year and the plains are very large, but the wild jungles and lakes and marshes all over the plains make people feel hopeless. Without a huge investment of manpower and material resources, there is no way to become an ideal country.

Miyoshi Changqing heard a genealogy of the generation of the people whispering about the power of the Kira family, and his face became more and more difficult to look at, Miyoshi Yoshiken saw this and hurriedly coughed and reminded: "I'll talk about Shi Gao's matter later, I'll discuss the business later!" Is it the Kira family who is behind us? ”

Miyoshi Masanari asked strangely, "Didn't His Highness Fengzen Mamoru just now say that the Kira family is unlikely?" ”

Matsunaga Xiu shook his head and smiled: "It can't be said that it's impossible, what if it is arranged in advance by the Kira Town Palace?" For example, one or two years in advance, I arranged a back hand in Jinnai, waiting for the critical moment when I waited for Shangluo to suddenly launch, triggering a huge crisis in my Miyoshi family, and taking this opportunity to thwart the Shangluo plan that we had painstakingly prepared. ”

"Shhh Count us years in advance? This is too vicious! Is there such a person in the world? Miyoshi Yasunaga's frightened face changed, and many of the samurai present also showed expressions of concern.

Most of the samurai of this era were relatively simple in character, and fighting a war was a war, and killing someone was killing someone. The name of the land, the name of the connoisseur, and the personal reputation are more important than anything else, and you can be treacherous for these three things without pressure. But when it comes to secretly calculating people, it is something that has never been thought about.

"Damn bastard! I'm going to never make you feel better! Hum! Miyoshi Changqing roared angrily, his sister-in-law Miyoshi Yoshixing looked nervously at his father, who had always been gentle and elegant, and suddenly turned into an angry monster and trembled.

Miyoshi Changqing vented his anger viciously, and swore a curse: "Don't think that this setback can ruin the foundation of my Miyoshi family!" The family has not been defeated, and the family has still succeeded in Shangluo! Wait for the family to subdue the Hattakeyama Takamasa, the clown, and then go back to the north to see how much you can do to the family! ”

For Miyoshi Changqing's anger, the samurai of the retainers group are all sympathetic, if it is changed to their own domination of Shangluo in the face of a good situation, but suddenly by the irrelevant Kira Yoshitoki to stir up the good situation and shatter it, the anger in his heart will inevitably be unable to help but rush up.

The three good family is not only the family of three good Changqing, but also the three good family with the common three good families of countless people and lords of several leading countries, they have formed a relatively stable community for more than ten years, and they are married to each other and the fate of the three good families are together, and the three good families are prosperous, and the three good families are declining. 、

Yoshitoki Kira's sideways kick was like throwing a grain of rat poop into a pot of soup at the good end, spoiling everyone's interest and ruining their hard work for more than ten years, if it weren't for the fact that the situation in Kyoto hadn't deteriorated to the point where it was unacceptable to the Miyoshi family, they would definitely be even angrier than Miyoshi Chokei.

Matsunaga Xiu was not surprised by Miyoshi Changqing's statement, he was too familiar with the temperament of this family governor, and he was gentle and gentle even if he was a maid, and he rarely looked at people, but once he was angry, he wanted to see the hot magma of the volcano erupt, and the power was absolutely amazing.

After Miyoshi Changqing had vented and calmed down, he slowly moved his gaze and gently swept over the expressions of the retainers present, who were either contemplative, frightened or angry, and said slowly: "I don't know if you have noticed, in fact, the Kira Town Mansion has made many small movements...... For example, isn't it strange that the invasion of Kaga came to an abrupt halt, and then a no-fight peace agreement was quickly signed with Ishiyama Honganji, and that Uesugi Dan Main Hall withdrew his troops before the peace was reached, as if it was clear that Kaga Ichijomune would not suddenly change his mind during the negotiations? ”

Miyoshi Kangchang asked in fear: "What does Danzheng Zhongdian mean?" Is there also a means to attack the Kira Town Palace? Could it be that the Kaga invasion was also an operation that was planned several years ago? ”

Hearing this, Matsunaga Xiu smiled: "Don't be impatient when you guard the palace in the mountain city." The Kira family would not have such bizarre means. It is probably that after the victory of the Kaga invasion, the Kira Town Hall may have made preparations to unite with Ishiyama Honganji Temple to balance the Echizen Asakura clan, and presumably the Asakura Jingo Hall at this time must have felt the malice from Kasugayama Castle!

Akari only reached a peace agreement with Ishiyama Honganji Temple without a fight, and secretly relaxed the control of the property of Isshomuneji Temple, isn't this contrary to the Kira family's previous massacre and arrest? If there is no plan of the Kira Town Palace, I'm afraid the monarchs won't believe it, right? ”

"Indeed, it is strange if there is no deceit!" Miyoshi Masanari said worriedly: "So is the Kira family really planning to invade Kinai?" I've beaten Echizen, but it's Wakasa and Omi! Kita-Omi also has the land of the three counties of the Kira family, and if the north and south are flanked, they will take Wakasa Province in one fell swoop. Wouldn't it be worse to coerce the Asakura Jingo Palace! ”

"That's not going to happen! Asakura Jingo Hall will not allow such a thing to happen, the Kira family wants to go to Luo and ask me if the Miyoshi family agrees, didn't you find that His Royal Highness the Shogunate was very happy to agree to the order to ban the Kira family from going to Luo? This prohibition is aimed at the possibility of the Kira family leading the army to Luo, and the Kira Town Palace has always boasted that he is a loyal minister and good general of the shogunate, and he must not dare to disobey the imperial book of His Royal Highness the Imperial Decree to the world! ”

Through Matsunaga Hide's analysis of the cocoon, he gradually found a clear direction for the situation that made people feel foggy, and the expressions of the retainers of the spectrum were secondary, and Matsunaga Hide was mainly staring at the expressions of Miyoshi Nagakei and Miyoshi Yoshixian, and he found that these two immediately raised their heads and looked at each other after hearing this analysis, obviously realizing the importance of this analysis.

The genealogy of the Miyoshi family was relieved to follow his answer. The expression on his face was no longer the nervousness and jealousy he had just now, and the total stone height of the Miyoshi family's territory was only more than one million stones. The Kira family was a super daimyo with 4 million koku, and it was impossible not to be afraid of the powerful army that could defeat the 60,000 Ichichi army with 30,000 troops and slaughter 30,000 of them.

They are also blindly worried, in fact, the Miyoshi family does not rely on the income of the territory, and the ability to dominate relies on the domination of the Seto Inland Sea to control the maritime tax revenue of Osaka Bay, just as Kira Yoshitoki can rely on a Sakamoto to monopolize the trade of Hokuriku, Sanin, Dewa, and Mutsu, the Miyoshi family monopolizes the maritime trade routes of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Sanyo into the Kinai.

This is a great fortune, and the big merchants who shuttle through the sea also hire powerful Awaji naval forces as bodyguards to escort them, which is another great income, relying on the taxes of many developed commercial towns such as Utatsu Port and Sakai Town, as well as annual donations, and money during the war.

In addition, there are many lucrative trades such as timber, dyes, sea salt, pottery, and fishing in Shikoku are also controlled by the Miyoshi family, which is the capital of the Miyoshi family to dominate, and it is also the fundamental reason why the Miyoshi family is like a small strong man who can only be killed.

Matsunaga Shu is not in a hurry, he still has full confidence in the Miyoshi family, as long as the strategy of dominating the capital can be implemented smoothly, he can sit firmly in the Diaoyutai to keep his wealth and glory for twenty or thirty years, what does it have to do with him in a few decades? As the saying goes, when I die, I don't care if he floods.

The following was the main thing he wanted to talk about, so he coughed lightly and said, "If my Miyoshi family takes the initiative to ally with the Asakura family and support the Asakura family's invasion of Kaga and the action against the Kira family, I guess the Asakura Kingo Hall will definitely not refuse, right?" There is also the current governor of the Omi family, Kenmasa Asai, a young man who forced his father, Hisamasa Asai, to abdicate and live in seclusion last summer by besieging Kotani Castle.

Later, he separated from the adopted daughter of Rokkaku Yoshiken and sent back to Kannonji Castle, on the grounds that Rokkaku Yoshiken used an adopted daughter to marry him as a sister-in-law was insulted, so he also abandoned the name of Asai Kenmasa and changed his name to Asai Shinkuro, he used this method to express the firm attitude of the Asai family to completely break with the Rokkaku family, this Asai Shinkuro can be described as a resolute anti-hexagonal faction, it is said that this person is extraordinarily brave and excellent, especially very good at leading a horse team, is a handsome samurai who shows talent.

Moreover, Asai Shinkuro is also full of deep hostility and wariness towards the Kira family across the lake, and may still have a mind in his heart to invade the two counties and unify the North Omi, this young and ambitious lord seems to be a noble person specially set up by the gods and Buddhas for my Miyoshi family, and it is definitely a good thing for us to form an alliance with the Asai family, and the lord only needs to marry a princess in the family to him to win it as a powerful ally. ”

Miyoshi Yoshiken nodded thoughtfully: "What Danzheng Zhongdian said is very true, if the elder brother can form an alliance with these two, it must be an excellent thing, the elder brother happens to have a princess of the right age, if he marries this Asai Shinkuro and gives him a suitable name, he will definitely become a powerful member of my Miyoshi family, and it is also a good thing to support him to seize Omi Province, and in the future, the son-in-law of Sun Jiro Hall will marry the daughter of the Asai family to strengthen the relationship." ”

Miyoshi Yixing didn't expect that his uncle Miyoshi Yixian would be counted in a few decades, thinking that he would always have an indescribable awkward feeling when he hadn't even settled his marriage, and he seemed to feel that it was a little too strange to worry about his own affairs before the main room, so he said squirmingly: "Uncle, please don't say that, Yixing has no marriage contract until now, and now I don't know when the child will be available!" ”

Miyoshi Changqing's face was a little pale, and he patiently reassured: "Sun Jiro doesn't have to worry, his father will find a suitable marriage for you, why don't you let the daughter of the Ashikaga shogun's family be Sun Jiro's main wife?" ”

"The sons and daughters are all in charge of their fathers." Miyoshi Yixing bowed down a little embarrassed to thank him.

The New Year just passed made him grow into an eighteen-year-old adult, and his sister-in-law of this status is a sought-after item in Jinnai, and at his age, there is no main room, and there are basically suitable marriage contracts, and some martial artists have set their in-laws at a very young age, and there are not many sisters-in-law like him who are eighteen years old and still single.

Knowing that Miyoshi Chokei still wants to marry the Ashikaga shogun's family, the Genealogy of the Miyoshi family has also sent blessings, and now the powerful appearance of the shogunate has been exposed, and the samurai of the Miyoshi family do not have too much awe of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, in the past, the shogunate dared to refuse Miyoshi Chokei's marriage offer because of the support of Kira Yoshitoki, and now the support is not Ashikaga Yoshiteru can not break the hard-earned harmony because of this marriage, so this marriage is going to be successful nine times out of ten.

Matsunaga Shu also echoed a few kind words before leading the topic over: "In addition, His Majesty has a proposal, why doesn't the lord take the opportunity to make adjustments to the daimyo of Kanto, Hokuriku, Koshin, and Haao?" What the Kira family can do, my Miyoshi family can do too! Zhu Zi's "Notes on the Mean" said: Therefore, the gentleman's rule is also to govern people, that is, to govern others in the way of others. ”

Miyoshi Changqing slapped the floor and laughed loudly: "Yes! Just do it! The Kira family did it, and my Miyoshi family did it! Your Majesty still doesn't believe that the Kira family has no enemies! Carefully check how many daimyo the Kira family has offended over the years, collect the enemies of the Kira family, and then exchange them with a lot of money in exchange for their anti-Kira promises, you must mess up the good life of the Kira family, in order to vent the hatred in the heart of the family! Jiuxiu's plan is good! My family will reward you much! My three good family has such a good minister, why worry about the family business is not prosperous! ”

A group of samurai echoed their envy of the luck of this lineage elder, while Matsunaga Shu bowed respectfully to the ground and said, "Thank you Lord for your grace!" The subordinates are just doing their duty as ministers, and they are already satisfied if they can do their best for the three good families! I also ask the lord to act quickly, and beware of new actions by the Kira family in Kaga in the spring. ”

Miyoshi Changqing nodded and said: "What Jiuxiu said is very true, then this matter will be handed over to Jiuxiu to preside, and use more capable samurai to do things beautifully!" Trying to make the Kira family fall into the quagmire and can't pull out their feet, the family really wants to see what kind of painful expression he will have when the time comes! Those who offend their own family will come back with revenge one by one! Even if you don't want to be hated for today, you have to avenge that arrow for a! (To be continued......)