In autumn, Ogijo is covered in greenery, because it is close to the sea, and the solar terms here are still about ten days later than those in the mainland. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the castle tower, the Maori Xiu was walking back and forth, and the eyebrows that began to turn a little gray were now in his early forties, but his hair had begun to turn gray, which was the result of the heavy pressure, and he experienced the most difficult time for the Maori family, and it was really difficult for him to persevere and begin to see the light of day.

Since the alliance with the Ming people, Maori Xiu's ambition in his heart can no longer be suppressed, and his desire for the homeland of the Ten Kingdoms of China has overwhelmed everything, making him desperate to choose to take risks, which is the last hope to restore the glory of the former Maori family.

Of course, there were countless times when he was awakened in the middle of the night, either because he was captured and killed by the shogunate after the defeat of the battle, or because he was accused that the shogunate army had besieged Ogijo, and finally Ogijo was caught in the flames of the sky, and the whole city was slaughtered, and he was awakened by a nightmare.

After eight years of such a day, he would have to be as old as Maori Xiu.

Fortunately, this day is over, some time ago, Yamauchi Nobunmasa's eldest son Masanao brought the Ming people who had agreed that the Choshu domain could begin the operation to restore the homeland, and Yamauchi Nobumasa returned with the Ming army reinforcements.

And at noon today, Masachi came to report that Yamauchi Nobumasa and the Ming army had landed at the mouth of the Abu River on the Ming people's sea boats, and with them came back there were 2,000 Ogi clan ashigaru who had been trained by the Ming people, and they had also been away from home for several years, and they could finally return home today.

Mori Shu had been waiting for more than two hours, from noon to evening, and he had to wait until Yamauchi Nobumasa arrived, and heard Yamauchi's report with his own ears, or he couldn't be sure.

Finally, the little surname reported, Yamauchi Nobumasa came to visit, Maori Xiu hurriedly summoned, anxious is a portrayal of today's Xiu, he is anxious to wait for Yamauchi Shinzheng to extinguish the fire.

Yamauchi Shinzheng quickly entered the room, and immediately bowed to the ground when he entered the door, "Meet the lord, Shinzheng will live up to the trust of the lord, and finally bring the standing back to the domain, accompanied by more than 2,000 iron horsemen of the Ming army." ”

Mao Lixiu put his hands together and said something in his mouth, it was really the names of the ancestors who were recited by him, if there was no protection from them, Maori Xiu felt that he could not wait for this day to come, and of course he had to get rid of them to continue to protect the martial arts of the Choshu Domain for a long time.

After praying, Maori Xiu stepped forward to help Yamauchi Nobumasa, only to see that Yamauchi was also in tears, looking at Yamauchi's old face, Xiu patted Yamauchi Nobumasa's shoulder,

"Xin Zhengjun has endured humiliation for several years, and the governor has written it down one by one in his heart, this time with the help of the Ming army, it is expected to recover his homeland, and you believe that you are making the first contribution."

Nobumasa bowed deeply again, and his heart was full of emotion, he had also worked hard in the past few years, on the one hand, he had to complete the task of communicating with the new standing of the Ming people, on the other hand, he had to endure humiliation in the Maori retainers' regiment, pretending not to be treated by the governor, and now he has not resumed his position as a ship commissioner, and even his son Yamauchi Masanao has been implicated by him, and a few years have passed and he is still a good man.

All this is to avoid the eyes and ears of the opening government, especially the monitoring of the two masters of war.

But as long as the governor takes his credit to heart, it will be worth it.

"Thank you to the family governor, the family governor promoted the minister to the end of the micro, it is already a reinvention of Yamauchi Entong, and the letter is dare not to die."

Humility still has to be said, no matter how much the lord pampers him, he must not be complacent, this is Yamauchi's experience for many years.

"This attack on the homeland of the ten countries of China, this governor wants you to be the general of the army."

Maori Xiu threw out a big sweet jujube.

Yamauchi Nobumasa was sluggish for a while, the general who sent troops has always been the descendant of the feudal lord, in the past, he definitely did not have this qualification, but today, he was ordered by the domain chief to be the general of the army, which was definitely beyond his imagination, and he was immediately stunned.

Mori Shu took a good look at Yamauchi Nobuya's demented appearance now, and couldn't help laughing, well, this is exactly the effect he wants to see, if Yamauchi is not too surprised, Mori Shu really thinks about whether he is looking at the wrong person.

"The lord of the domain has nothing to repay the kindness of the Yamauchi family, but Yamauchi became the chief general when he first returned to the domain, and I am afraid that the other family elders will not accept it."

Yamauchi Shinmasa, who was relieved, hurriedly excused him, he really didn't know if the head of the family was sincere or tempting, and the attitude of the other eight elders was also a big problem.

"The Governor said that you can be competent, and you can be competent," Mao Lixiu waved his hand decisively, very cool, "The appointment of you Xinzheng as the general is well thought out, and the best efforts of the Governor are only more than 10,000 troops, and there is no problem in capturing the Ten Kingdoms, the problem is that the shogunate will definitely send a standing army to fight back with the Kii Domain and other pro-domains, and then the Ming army is the key to success or failure, and whether it is the Ming army or the new standing army, only you can communicate and lead, and others will not succeed." ”

At this time, Yamauchi Nobumasa knew that the head of the family really wanted to appoint him as the chief general, because the reasons that Mao Lixiu said were very strong, and the Ming army had indeed been in contact with him, and there were two thousand reserve troops, and indeed he had only been seen as a retainer of the Choshu Domain in the past few years, and he was only engaged in it under his orders for a while.

Before Yamauchi Nobumasa could resign, Mori Shu stretched out his hand to stop him, "This matter has been decided, don't discuss it anymore, Nobumasa, this time Akito has replied to my domain's request." ”

Maori Xiu looked at Nobumasa Yamauchi hopefully.

The fiefdom of the Changzhou Domain is now only 300,000 stones, most of which are barren acres along the coast, and the castle town has only flourished in recent years, the taxes are not too much, and the expenditure is still very large, and the finances of the domain are extremely embarrassed, and the 100,000 silver judgment is equipped with 2,000 standing reserves for the Ming people to train, and this time they want to attack China on a large scale, and the army moves, and everywhere they want money and food, and there is not so much silver money in the domain.

The helpless Maori Xiu had no choice but to focus on the money and food of the Akito, who extorted a large amount of money from the shogunate, and others did not know, but the Choshu Domain knew that it was all from Jeju by Yamauchi.

So the Chōshū clan asked the Akito lend 300,000 silver to help the Chōshū clan tide over the difficulties, and he, as the lord of the domain, promised to pay off the loan in ten years, and Mori Shu did the same, and who asked the Akito to ask the shogun to pay in installments over 30 years, and he also did the same.

"Master of the Bing family, this is what Akito promised to pay, uh," Yamauchi Nobumasa stumbled, embarrassed to see Mori Shushi.

"What else does Akito ask for?" Maori Xiu understood at a glance that Akito must have put forward some conditions, otherwise Yamauchi Nobumasa would not be so embarrassed.

"Master Bing, the Ming people ask for five years to pay off, and then they must pay a small judgment of 350,000 silver, if it is ten years, it must be a small judgment of 400,000 silver." Nobu Yamauchi bowed down.

"Tsk, this Ming man is really stingy," Seeing that Ming asked for money, Mao Lixiu felt a little uncomfortable.

"The head of the family, this time this is the domain has a request from the Ming people, if the Ming people don't lend money, my army may not be able to go east." Yamauchi Shinmasa persuaded on the ground.

Mao Lixiu nodded helplessly, "Nobumasa, you have been with the Ming people for a long time, what do you think the Ming people are fighting to support my Choshu Domain and attack the Tokugawa Shogunate." ”

Yamauchi Shinzheng pondered for a long time and gritted his teeth, "Zhao Lie, the general of the Ming Dynasty, is quite wary of our country, he attacked the shogunate and supported my Choshu Domain, and it is estimated that it is to divide our country, so that our country cannot be unified under one great general, and it is most beneficial for him to split our country with civil strife." ”

Mao Lixiu nodded and sighed, "My Changzhou Domain knows Zhao Lie's plan, but I have to act according to his orders, otherwise it will be self-defeating, he Zhao Lie can find other great domains to cooperate, but my Changzhou Domain has lost the opportunity to save himself." ”

The Choshu clan now knows that there is a fire pit in front of it, and now the shogunate is very strict with the supervision of the daimyo everywhere, and the Maori family, which is the main force of the Western Army, is under the strict supervision of the shogunate.

He didn't know when Tokugawa Iemitsu would suddenly attack the Choshu Domain, and it was absolutely unthinkable for the Maori family's Miao characters to be interrupted in his hands, and it was also something that Maori Shu would never allow, which was also the reason why he wanted to fight to the death.

Although he knew that the Ming people had bad intentions, and even full of malice, the Choshu Domain could only obey the Ming people for the sake of its own continuation.

"How is the combat strength of the cavalry army here of the Ming army?" Mao Lixiu put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, at this time he could only get on the boat but not get off the boat, thinking too much would only increase his troubles.

"Your Majesty is about to report to the lord of the family, the more than 2,000 cavalry troops who came to help the battle this time are strong, and the lord of the domain has heard that the Ming cavalry that has been undefeated for thousands of miles from Musashi to the east to the north and west is more than 2,000 of them."

Yamauchi Nobumasa talked about this Ming cavalry, and he was full of confidence.

Oh, it turned out to be the cavalry army that killed people and set fires, these two plague gods are now famous in Honshu, they have almost turned nearly half of the villages in Ueno, Shimono Musashi and other places into white land, and they have not recovered to this day, and their fierce reputation has spread throughout the central and eastern parts of Honshu.

Hearing that this cavalry army came to help in the battle, Maori Xiu had a bottom in his heart.

On the second day, Mori Shu gathered a group of retainers to travel to the mouth of the Abu River, and of course the retainers did not dare to obey the orders of the feudal lord, and the eight elders of the family head went with him.

When they entered the Ming army camp at the mouth of the sea and saw the Ming cavalry in full armor and the extremely strong standing armor, these retainers woke up like a dream.

At this time, Maori Xiu explained the matter and the situation, and in a word, the time had come for the Choshu Domain to counterattack the Chinese homeland.

Xu saw the help of the Ming army, and Xu saw the standing strength, and these retainers were also extremely enthusiastic in supporting the decision of the feudal lord.

If he hadn't seen the reinforcements of the Ming army, indicating that the Ming people who had defeated the shogun supported the Choshu Domain, it would be good if these retainers could have one or two supports, and someone might even want to denounce him. (To be continued.) )