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On September 29, the 11th year of the reign of Kasena Takesei, the Xia army's lead ship group appeared outside Tosa Bay under the escort of the sailor's cruiser, thinking that the Xia army might be in the Kochi Domain (Tosa Domain) in Shikoku 6 Three times a day, in addition to immediately reporting to Kyoto and Edo, they also asked for help from the surrounding Tokushima, Uwajima, Imabari, Iyo Matsuyama and other domains. However, the Kochi Domain was actually a false alarm, and the Xia army had no intention of being in Tosaden 6.

On September 30, the Xia Army sailed through Tosaoki and entered the Kii waterway.

"Big things, big things are not good." A frightened Nianji stumbled into the house of Samoto Inada, the representative of Sumoto Castle, and howled at the de facto ruler of Awaji Province with a crying voice. "Xia people, Xia people sent envoys, want, want us to withdraw from the continent city, and hand over Awaji to the Xia people in its entirety."

"What!" Forty-three-year-old Inada Samoto suddenly stood up from his seat with agility that was not commensurate with his age, grabbed a step and reached out to grab the placket of the shirt on the chest of the young man, and asked sharply. "Say it again!"

"Xia people, Xia people!" The more nervous the year, the more indistinctly he replied. "Xia people want, let's let the city."

The furious Zuo Yuan pushed away the Nian Ji crowd in front of him, and pulled out the knife from the hand of the little surname: "It's too much to deceive people!" ”

"Lord, lord," the elder of the Inada family hugged Zuoyuan's thigh and wailed. "The lord must not, even Edo Castle was lost in a battle, how can the Inada family fight with the Xia people, this is an egg against a stone, for the foundation of the Inada family, the lord, you must be patient, don't ruin the overall situation for ??????a momentary gain or loss."

Zuo Yuan, who was cold by the words of the elders, dropped the sword in his hand and sat down weakly: "It's over, it's over, it's all over, and the family business handed down by Zhiyuan Gong is about to be cut off in my hands??????"

The Uemoto Gong in Inada Samoto's mouth is the righteous brother of Yokosuka Masakatsu, the first lord of the Tokushima Domain, Inada Uemoto, and the two fought together for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After Hideyoshi's Shikoku conquest, he intended to support Inada Uemoto as a daimyo, but surprisingly, Inada Uemoto refused and entered Awa, where he continued to be subordinate to the Wasuka clan and became a special retainer of the Wasuka family. It can be said that the Inada clan has always worked for the Wasuka clan as a guest general of the Bee Suka clan. Therefore, when the Wasuka clan became the lord of Awa and Awaji, he granted the Inada clan 14,500 koku, equivalent to the daimyo Zhiyuki, and allowed him to recruit retainers, and granted the Inada clan the position of Honjo as a substitute, and appointed him to govern Awaji. So it can also be said that Awaji is actually the domain of the Inada clan.

"My lord, there should be a turning point in this matter." As he spoke, Mr. Mita, the elder of Samoto's family, turned around and questioned the messenger. "You tell the matter carefully, what did the Xia people tell you, you repeat it word for word."

Nian Jizhong opened his mouth and stammered, and only after a long time did he pat his head: "Lord, Lord Mita, the envoy of the Xia people is still waiting at the port." ”

"Yaga!" Mr. Mita cursed and ordered eagerly. "Don't invite the messenger into the city yet??????"

"First of all, please ask the Daotian family to give up the city of Zhou and the surrounding branch cities, and use it as a place to garrison troops and grain after being inspected by our army." Facing the master and important ministers of the rice field family in front of him, the young captain Shouque repeated the order from the top of the Zhengdongxing camp without stage fright. "Second, our army may be stationed in Awaji, and it is not allowed to contact the residents of the island, and the Inada family is requested to restrain the land and ground servants, not to attack our soldiers and soldiers, and to provide food and grass. Of course, our army will also restrain the military with military discipline and not disturb the people. ”

The people of the Inada family looked at each other, at a loss, and were cold for a long time before Mita said in stumbling Chinese: "The Inada family is just one of the vassals of the Tokushima Yokosuka family, and they have no right to agree to your army's request, can you let me and others send someone across the sea to ask for the opinion of the lord's family??????"

"No need, although it is not far from Tokushima Castle, it is still a waste of time to go back and forth, and our army is stationed urgently, if the rice field family can't agree, our army should take it for itself." What is a threat, this is the threat of Chiguoguo. "As for the Inada family being a subordinate of the Yokosuka family, if the Inada family can effectively implement the above two articles, they will not have the status of princes in the future, and they will no longer be anyone's retainers, so they don't need to ask anyone's opinion anymore."

Coercion and temptation to come together, it really made the rice field family unable to stop it, so Mr. Mita with a knife decisively made the decision for the main family: "Don't worry, angels of the kingdom, please give this family a day and a night, and this family will move out of the continent and the city." ”

The lieutenant further persecuted: "Give you one night at most, and tomorrow during the day, our army will enter the city to search." ”

Mita looked at Zuo Yuan, who was crying and sad, and had no choice but to nod and say, "Please rest assured, Lord Shangguo, the main city of Zhou will open early tomorrow morning!" ”

The news of the Xia army's occupation of the entire Awaji area spread like a shock wave, and the Tokushima clan was full of mourning, and the surrounding domains were also frightened, for fear that the Xia army's next attack would be on their own. So the bold ones hurriedly sent people to Awaji to convey their sincerity, while the timid gathered troops to defend their own cities, and shipping in the Seto Inland Sea was completely interrupted.

"Now the Wakayama Domain has been completely exposed to Xia Ko's attack." Due to the distance, Edo's reaction to Tamloui's hand was unknown, so Tokugawa Yoshimune, who felt that it was better to ask for others than for himself, asked his retainers for advice. "What should we do?"

"It's too late to wait for reinforcements from Edo." In fact, snow was about to fall in the eastern country, and it was impossible for Edo's reinforcements to rush to in the face of the wind and snow. "Therefore, His Majesty thought that it was time to ask the Imperial Court for a name, so that the Honki and Tokai domains could unite to resist the possible Deng6 of the Xia Kou."

"Ando-sama's opinion disagrees." As a patriarch with a common identity, Masaki Hirohisa is self-serving in the highest interests of the Tokugawa family. "The Divine Monarch has finally suppressed the imperial court, but Lord Ando wants them to regain the supreme name, which seems to be inappropriate, and the situation of the surrounding feudal domains is not satisfactory, each feudal clan either dares to defend itself or has secretly communicated with Xia Ko, counting on the guys at both ends of these rats, it is better to rely on the power of the own domain alone."

The stone height of the Kishu Domain is 555,000 koku, and according to the conscription level of the Warring States Period, nearly 10,000 troops can be recruited, but more than 10,000 peasant soldiers or Ashigaru with very poor equipment cannot fight against the Xia army at all, and the death of two successive generations of lords has cost a lot of financial resources in the Wakayama Domain, so in the end, Kishu Bei, which is composed of only 500 full-time warriors, may be able to fight the Xia army.

Of course, 500 people can't face the overwhelming Xia army, so Jizong also formed a number of volunteers, service teams and other land, ronin armies, these soldiers and horses and Xia army head-to-head is hopeless, but it is not impossible to engage in a few guerrilla operations, and Masaki Hongjiu's abacus is to fight on these ronin teams and landheads.

"The coastal area of this domain is vast, and it is impossible to divide troops to guard everywhere, but it is precisely like this, Xia Kou cannot completely blockade the sea frontier, and the intention of his subordinates is to organize a surprise army and set fire to Xia Kou while the warships are stationed at Awaji Port, even if they cannot destroy the main force of Xia Kou, they must also dampen their spirit, let them know that Japan can not be humiliated, and at the same time, it can also deter the feudal domains and force them to obey the dispatch of this domain."

"Masaki-sama's idea is good, but the lessons of the Battle of Edo are not enough to compete with Xia Ko at sea." Another family elder Nobunaga Kuno was clearly not optimistic about Hirohisa's claims. "Your Majesty thinks that the Xia people take the Awado Road is nothing more than to survive the winter, the eastern country is cold and frozen, and the Xia people are here to store grain and troops, once the spring begins, they will go straight to Edo, before we only need to defend Wakayama Castle, why risk fighting with it, you must know that victory is not enough to change the situation, if you are defeated, but you will shake the morale of the whole domain."

"Even if Natsuko occupies Awaji only to survive the winter, how can I be sure that they will not attack the surrounding feudal domains during this period." Hirohisa Masaki shook his head. "Once the Xia people want to attack the various domains, this domain is the descendant of the shogunate, so it is naturally the first target to attack, and at that time, five hundred people may not be enough to defend Wakayama Castle, and each team will have to be included in the city, so how to give Xia Kou a dismount."

"In this way, it is even more impossible to send troops to attack." Kuno retorted. "The Xia people may not have attacked the Kishu Domain, but once we send troops to attack, Xia Kou will come if they don't come, and then you will let the clan defend it."

"I'm afraid it's impossible to stick to Wakayama Castle." Tokugawa Yoshimune suddenly interjected when he heard this. "As one of the three royal families, the Xia people will never let it go, so now prepare for the Xia people to attack the city, and the plan for the Xia clan to fail to hold Wakayama Castle is not available." Yoshijong ordered. "You immediately arrange for the family to evacuate Wakayama, and the materials in the city must also be withdrawn, and Kishu Bei can't stay in the city, so choose a Fenggong team loyal to the clan to defend the city."

"The lord gave up his residence in the city?" Several elders present were stunned, but quickly understood Jizong's intentions. "The lord is right, now he can only evacuate the old and weak women and children to the countryside first."

Since he had made the worst plan, Ji Zong also broke the jar and fell: "According to the main family, the strange army still has to be dispatched, even if it fails, the battle of this domain can be famous all over the world, so that the Xia people can know that Japan is not something that can be conquered lightly." ”

As the so-called obedient and obedient, several of the elders present are also old people, of course, they understand Yoshizong's plan, this is to sacrifice some low-level feudal lords to seek political prestige for Yoshizong himself, I can't help but say, this is a good deal, with the lives of a few lower-level warriors can shape the image of Yoshizong, for the Wakayama Domain, which is bound to suffer heavy losses, this is not without a small supplement, at least in front of the shogunate can show his loyalty, maybe he can get the general's compensation and reward in the future. However, everyone present did not expect that Huaxia had already had the idea of overturning the entire table this time, and the shogunate would no longer exist at that time, and who would know and care about the sacrifices made by the Kishu Domain?

"Without further ado, let's arrange it now." The old Mizuno main house asked. "Do you still have to inform the villages to hide the grain?"

"Exactly." Yoshizong nodded. "Don't let a grain of rice fall into the hands of the Xia people!"